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"We're  No.  1 ,"  shout  members  of  the  1st  XV  after  winning  the  Howard  Russell  Cup.  held 
a  loft  here  by  Mike  Jaw  I.  in  a  game  against  Oak  Bay  in  April.  The  team  made  a  sweep  of  the 
opposition  by  also  winning  the  Independent  School  League  championship. 


THE 
BLACK 


&BLUE 


CONTENTS 

Staff  5 

The  Headmaster  Writes  6 

Academic  Prizes  8 

Tfie  Chapel   12 

Activities  17 

Expressions 29 

Sports  45 

Junior  School  75 

Graduates  87 

Editor  Ronald  Rompl<ey 

Graduates   "Billy"  Hope 

Photography  P,G.  Gardiner 

Michael  Tsang 
Keith  Jones 

Sports  Wake  McAlpine 

Advertising  Michael  Jawl 

Randy  Wilson 

Activities Xavier  Abrioux 

Copy  Editor  Lindsay  Giles 

Cartoons  Martin  Davis 

The  Editor  wishes  to  thanl< 

all  those  who  contributed 

to  the  production  of  this  magazine, 

especially 

Mr.  R.W,  Wilson  and  Mr.  Colin  Skinner 

for  editorial  assistance. 

Cover:  from  a  photo  by  Michael  Tsang 

St.  Michaels  University  School, 

Victoria,  B.C. 

JUNE  1976  No.  106 


COUNCIL  OF  VISITORS 

The  Very  Rev.  Brian  Whitlow 

Monsigr^or  M.  O'Connell 

Dr.  A.E.  King 

Rabbi  Emil  Klein 


HONORARY  GOVERNORS 

Mr.  A.S.  Barker,  Benefactor 

Brig.  F.N.  Cabeldu,  C.B.E.,  D.S.O.,  E.D., 

Former  Governor  and  Old  Boy,  Senior  School 

Mr,  C.  Spencer  Clarke 

Mr.  R.H.B.  Ker,  Senior  Old  Boy,  Senior  School 

yir.  B.B.  Pelly,  Former  Governor  and  Old  Boy,  Senior  School 

Capt.  J.D.  Prentice,  D.S.O.,  D.S.C.  &  Bar, 

Senior  Old  Boy,  Junior  School 

1r.  K.W.  Symons,  Headmaster  Emeritus,  St.  Michael's  School 

Mr.  W.R.G.  Wenman,  Former  Master,  University  School 

GOVERNORS 

Mr,  R.  John  Nation,  Chairman 

Mr.  W.G.  Butler 

Mr.  Christopher  W.  Collins 

Mr.  Clare  G.  Copeland 

Mr.  Trevor  CM,  Davis 

Mr,  Halet  F.  Hallett 

Mr,  R,S,  Moore 

Mrs.  B.  Turner 

Mr.  Victor  Wilson 


STAFF 

1975-1976 

HEADMASTER 

PA.  Caleb,  LL.B.  (London) 

DEPUTY  HEADMASTER  (Academic) 

R,W,  Wilson.  M.A.  (Oxon.) 

DEPUTY  HEADMASTER  (Administration) 

C.L,  Pollard,  B.A.  (U.  of  VicJ 
DEPUTY  HEADMASTER  (Junior  School) 

N.C.B,  Creek,  M.A.  (Cantab.),  Dip.  Ed.  (U.  of  Vic.) 

DEPUTY  HEADMASTER  (Head  of  Middle  School) 

P.K.B.  Gallagher,  B.Ed.  (U.  of  Vic).  Dip,  Ed.  (Manctiester) 

P.E.M.  Abrioux,  B.A.,  (Hons.)  (U.  of  Vic.) 

Mrs.  N.  Arnold,  B.A.  (U.  of  Vic.) 

Charles  Birch,  Dip.  Ed.  (Cfiester  Coffege) 

Rev.  CD,  Blencoe,  B.A.  (London),  R.A.F.  (Ret.)  Chaplain 

Peter  Bousfield 

W.B.  Cochrane  CD.,  Tutor  in  Mathematics 

L.N.  Coleman,  Tutor  in  French 

B.K.  Davis,  B.Ed.  (U.  of  Vic),  Dip.  Ed.  (King's  Coffege.  Newcasffe) 

L.  de  la  Haye,  A.R.CM.,  L.G.S.M. 

A.L.  Dolsen,  B.A.  (Hons.)  (Brit.  Col.) 

B.  Faulkner,  B.Ed.  (Aiberta) 

P.O.  Gardiner,  B.Sc.  (U.  of  Vic),  Dip.  Ed,  (St.  Paul's  College,  Ctieltenfiam) 

J.J.  Goodwin,  B.Ed.  (Cuffiam,  Oxon.) 

D.V.  Harlow 

J.R.  Harris,  Dip.  Ed.  (London),  B.Ed.  (U.  of  Vic) 

N.W.  Hurrle,  A.R.C.O.,  A.R.CM.,  F.T. CC 

S.S.  Hurton,  B.P.E.  (Prague) 

M.  Jones,  B.Sc,  Dip.  Ed.  (V^ales) 

S.Y.  Kayal 

John  Lankester,  Dip.  Ed.  (London) 

G.W.  Malkin,  B.Ed.  (Alberta) 

Murray  McAlpine 

J.S.  Mclntyre,  M.A.  (U.  of  Vic) 

Mrs.  C.J.  Miles 

Miss  S.M.  Moore,  B.Ed.  (U.  of  Vic) 

R.E.H.  Parsons,  M.A.  (Oxon.).  Dip.  Ed.  (Reading) 

D.S.  Peach,  B.A.  (Hons.)  (\Nestern).  Dip.  Ed.  (Althouse) 

T.C  Piete 

Mrs.  C.L.  Pollard,  A.B.  (Calif..  Davis).  Tutor  in  English 

R.G.  Rompkey,  CD.,  Ph.D.  (London) 

G.  Salvador,  B.A.  (Hons.)  (U.  of  Vic.) 

C  Skinner,  B.A.  (Hons.),  M.F.A.  (U.  of  Vic) 

Alan  Tsoi,  M.Sc.  (Bnt.  Cot.) 

M.A.  Walsh,  B.Sc,  Dip.  Ed.  (Dunelm) 

J.E.L.  Wenman,  B.A.  (U.  of  Vic),  CL.C  (Lougfibrough) 

BURSAR 

Geottrey  Rooper 

PHYSICIAN 

MJ.W.  Penn,  M.A.,  MB.,  B.Ch.  (Cantab.) 


THE  HEADMASTER  WRITES 

1975-76  will  go  down  in  the  school  history,  I  am  sure,  as  a  watershed  year. 
Work  which  was  put  in  train  at  the  time  of  the  amalgamation  five  short  years'  ago, 
began  to  bear  fruit  in  the  most  obvious  of  ways.  The  final  renovations  of  the 
entire  school  buildings  were  completed  during  the  school  year. 

First,  Harvey  House' and  then  the  School  House  were  totally  renovated  and 
brought  up  to  excellent  standards  in  every  respect  including  the  most 
demanding  fire-proof  and  alarm  systems  expected  from  the  authorities.  Gone 
are  the  outside  fire  escapes  which  used  to  disfigure  our  beautiful  buildings  and 
now  we  have  intenor  fire-proofed  towers  of  the  most  modern  design.  The 
upgrading  of  our  facilities,  which  was  so  sorely  needed  five  years'  ago,  has  been 
a  continuing  one.  Now  it  is  completed. 

Throughout  this  Magazine,  there  is  a  record  of  the  doings  and  happenings  of 
the  last  school  year,  and  you  will  find  success  measured  in  terms  of  academic, 
sports  and  cultural  activities.  There  is,  however,  no  way  that  a  magazine  can 


carry  the  sense  ot  happiness  and  fulfillment  of  a  tremendous  school  year.  This 
can  only  be  felt  by  student  and  the  staff  who  actually  work  and  live  and  study  in 
the  institution. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year,  the  new  administrative  scheme  went  into  smooth 
operation  with  Mr.  Wilson  and  Mr.  Pollard  at  the  Senior  School  being  in  charge  of 
academics  and  internal  administration  and  Mr.  Gallagher  taking  over  the  post  of 
Head  of  Middle  School  with  great  success. 

The  Prep  School  continued  to  produce  excellent  material  under  the 
leadership  of  Mr.  Creek.  We  were  joined  this  year  by  Mr.  John  Roberts,  who 
came  to  us  under  the  title  of  Business  Administrator.  He  is,  however,  far  more 
than  that.  He  quickly  established  himself  as  a  universal  uncle  with  his  willingness 
to  help  in  any  way  he  could  to  make  life  for  the  students  and  the  staff  run 
smoothly.  His  organizational  abilities  found  full  reign  in  the  re-organization  of  the 
kitchens  and  the  other  auxiliary  services  to  the  school,  and  as  I  write,  the  school 
has  never  looked  better  and  we  all  owe  a  great  debt  of  gratitude  to  John  Roberts 
who  undertook  this  difficult  task  on  our  behalf. 

This  year  we  set  off  on  the  great  adventure  in  the  academic  field  of  the 
International  Baccalaureate.  To  test  our  wings,  we  were  allowed  to  enter  three 
candidates,  each  doing  two  subjects  in  the  external  examinations  of  1976. 
These  were  three  Grade  XII  Students  and  we  felt  that  we  would  receive  a  good 
reflection  of  our  own  efforts  and  overall  teaching  with  the  results  from  these 
examinations.  You  can  imagine  the  joy  at  the  school  when  the  external 
examiners  report  was  received  and  the  three  candidates  had  obtained  first 
class  standing  in  each  of  the  examinations.  The  candidates  were  David  Pickles, 
Wake  McAlpine  and  Hansi  Cunningham.  I  felt  confident  in  suggesting  to  the 
Board  of  Governors  that  this  was  the  way  to  go,  that  the  school  could  enter  the 
international  field  with  confidence.  The  academic  staff  here  do  a  job  second  to 
none  in  any  school  and  I  am  proud  to  be  the  Headmaster  of  this  institution  at  this 
time  in  its  history. 

As  is  usual,  there  are  some  staff  changes  and  in  a  staff  of  over  forty,  this  is  to 
be  expected. 

Dr.  Rompkey  goes  to  the  University  of  Alberta  to  lecture  and  his  replacement 
is  the  Rev.  Terence  Davies,  lately  Headmaster  of  Rothsay  in  New  Brunswick. 

Mr.  Richard  Parsons  is  returning  to  University,  this  time  the  University  of 
Washington  to  do  a  further  degree,  and  his  place  is  being  taken  by  Mr.  Trevor 
Blake,  who  was  one  of  those  instrumental  at  the  International  School  in  Geneva 
in  setting  up  the  International  Baccalaureate  Programs. 

Mr.  Lankester  goes  to  join  Doug  Williams  at  Halifax  Grammar  School  and  we 
wish  him  and  the  other  gentlemen  the  very  best  of  good  fortune. 

We  have  had  an  excellent  Graduating  Class  and  the  prospects  for  1 976-77  in 
the  academic  field  are  such  that  we  should  set  new  records. 

The  hard  slogging  of  the  last  five  years  has  placed  the  school  in  an  exciting 
position  to  move  forward  successfully  towards  its  75th  Anniversary  in  five  years' 
time.  This  goal,  we  hope,  will  be  reached  with  the  completion  of  all  the  school's 
requirements  as  envisaged  by  our  early  founders. 

Speaking  of  our  founders,  this  year  saw,  appropriately  enough.  Memorial 
Boards  being  unveiled  in  the  School  Chapel  to  the  Founders  of  both  the  old 
schools,  also  a  Memorial  to  Tom  and  Helen  Keble,  great  teachers.  With  the  new 
red  carpet  in  the  Sanctuary,  the  generous  gift  of  the  Parents'  Auxiliary,  the 
Chapel  continues  to  be  a  place  of  quiet  dignity. 

I  can  say  with  a  clear  conscience  a  strong  "well  done"  to  every  one  who  has 
helped  make  this  past  year  a  success.  It  would  be  indeed  remiss  of  me  if  I  did  not 
at  the  end,  remind  every  one  that  the  quiet  work  of  the  Board  of  Governors  of  this 
school  makes  everything  that  we  do  here  possible  and  the  debt  of  the  whole 
Society  to  these  Trustees  who  give  unstintingly  of  their  time  freely  in  its  service, 
should  always  be  acknowledged. ' 

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ACADEMIC  PRIZES 


GRADE 

ENGLISH 

III 

Richard  Lankester 

Todd  Hartlen 

IV 

Kenneth  Roberts 
&  Christopher 
Wyman 

V-1 

Matthew  Pollard 

V-2 

Jamie  Crombie 

VI-1 

Ted  Balderson 

VI-2 

Todd  Thomas 

VII-1 

David  Wing  rove 

VII-2 

Don  Park 

VIII 

S.  Neely 

IX 

L.  Murray,  J.  Marsden 

X 

J.  Kuster 

XI 

C.  Gareau 

J.  Cunningham 

XII 

W.  Hope 

M.  Jawl 

GEOGRAPHY 

III 

Joey  Sheldrake 

Todd  Hartlen 

IV 

Kenneth  Roberts 

v-1 

David  Blair 

Matthew  Pollard 

v-2 

Adam  Dewey 

VI-1 

Malcolm  Penn 

John  Wilson 

VI-2 

Stephen  Wright 

VII-1 

Mark  Smith 

David  Wingrove 

VII-2 

Neil  Antolin 

VIII 

D.  Wohlgeschaffen 

IX 

J.  Ellis 

X 

C.  Van  Ham 

D.  Copeland, 
M.  Dempsey 

XI 

J.  Cunningham 

XII 

M.  Jawl 

HISTORY 

III 

Todd  Hartlen 

IV 

Richie  Peterson 

Kenneth  Roberts 

FRENCH 


GERMAN 
SPANISH 


V-1 

Matthew  Pollard 

V-2 

Andrew  Bokor 

VI-1 

David  Henry 

Simon  Gough 

VI-2 

Craig  Milne 

VII-1 

Scott  Godfrey 

David  Wingrove 

VII-2 

Cameron  McCaw 

Scott  Stagliano 

VIII 

B.  Hill 

G.  Wohlgeschaffen 

IX 

L.  Murray 

J.  Ellis,  J.  Marsden 

X 

D.  Copeland 

I.B.  XI 

G.  Cuthbert 

S.S.  XI 

1.  Graeme 

XII 
III 

M.  Jawl 
Max  Haddad 

IV 

Kenneth  Roberts 

v-1 

Christian  Prohom 

Matthew  Pollard 

v-2 

Derek-John  Mansfield 

VI-1 

Geoffrey  Roberts, 

Russell  Laboda 

Ted  Balderson 

VI-2 

Douglas  Harwood 

VII-1 

Hamish  Creek 

David  Wingrove 

VII-2 

Mike  King 

VIII 

S.  Neely 

IX 

J.  Ellis 

J.  Marsden 

X 

F.  Joslin 

D.  Copeland 

XI 

P.  Lacerte 

XII 

(Republic  of  France) 
X.  Abrioux 

IX 

R.  Stuart 

XI 

J.  Cunningham 

1st  Year    S.  Chan 
2nd  Year  S.  Riddell 
3rd  Year    K,  Battersby 


4th  Yec 

ir    D.  Cousins 

D.  Pickles 

RUSSIAN 

J.  Kuster 

MATHEMATICS 

III 

Ian  Gibson 

IV 

Scott  Guthrie 

Kenneth  Roberts 

V-1 

Colin  Timmons 

V-2 

John  Perks 

VI-1 

Ross  Clarke  and 
John  Wilson 

VI-2 

Stephen  Wright 

VII-1 

Robert  Cream 

David  Wingrove 

VII-2 

Scott  Stagliano 

Don  Park 

VIII 

B.  Wetton 

S.  Neely 

IX 

R.  Lam 

D.  Wohlgeschaffen 
S.  Chan 

X 

P.  Yau 

XI 

E.  Chan 

XII 

C.  Mak 

SCIENCE 

III 

Todd  Hartlen 

IV 

Neil  Scott-Moncneff 

Scott  Guthrie 

V-1 

Michael  Vatter 

Matthew  Pollard 

V-2 

Stuart  Sumsion 

Ian  Petrak 

VI-1 

Simon  Gough 

John  Wilson 

VI-2 

Stephen  Wright 

VI 1-1 

Jeremy  Ellis 

VII-2 

Peter  Szarka 

VIII 

G.  Harris 

G.  Wohlgeschaffen 

IX 

R.  Stuart 

J.  Marsden,  J.  Ellis 

BIOLOGY 

X 

J.  Gough 

D.  Copeland 

XI 

J.  Ellis 

C.  Gareau 

XII 

S.  Wong 

CHEMISTRY 

X 

M.  Dempsey 

J.  Gough 

XI 

L.  Giles 

P.  Dingley 

XII 

D.  Pickles 

S.  Wong 

PHYSICS 

X 

J.  Gough 

XI 

S.F.  (Wesley)  Chan 

XII 

D.  Pickles 

S.  Wong 

OLD  BOYS'  ASSN. 
PRIZE  XII  S.  Wong 


OLD  BOYS'  ASSOC 

BURSARY 

AWARD 

Senior  School 

D.F.M.  Wing 

OLD  BOYS'  EDITH 

SYMONS 

AWARD 

Junior  School 

K.S.  Guthrie 

MUSIC 

III 

R.  Lankester 

IV 

K.  Roberts 

IV 

J.  Mothersill 

v-1 

C.  Olsen 

v-2 

D-John  Mansfield 

VI 

B.  Piete 

VIII 

B.  Hill 

G.  Wohlges( 

IX 

M.  Finnis 

PADRE  BLENCOE 

CUP 

XII 

H.  Eraser 

GRADE  PRIZES 

III 

Todd  Hartlen 

IV 

Kenneth  Roberts 

v-1 

Matthew  Pollard 

V-2 

Adam  Dewey  and 

Derek  John  Mansfie 

Id 

VI-1 

John  Wilson 

VI-2 

Todd  Thomas 

VII-1 

David  Wingrove 

VII-2 

Don  Park 

VIII-1 

S.  Neely 

VIII-2 

B,  Hill 

VIII-3 

J.  Stachelrodt 

IX-1 

J.  Marsden 

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IX-2  R.  McLean 

IX-3  S.  Lindsay 

X-1  D.  Copeland 

X-2  C.  Van  Ham 

X-3  S.  Hickton 

XI-1  C.  Gareau 

XI-2  J.  Cunningham 

XI-3  G.  Cuthbert 

XII-1  Simon  Wong 

XII-2  H.L.  Hung 

XII-3  H.  Cunningham 

DRAMA  Senior        R.  Wilson 

Middle       E.  Cunningham 

ART  VIII  E.  Cunningham  G.  Grove 

IX  R.  Thoms 

X  R.  Shuttleworth 

XI  P.  Lacerte 

XII  S.  Ko 
Junior  Ian  Petrak 

BEST  CUB  SIX  Black 

OUTSTANDING  SPORTSMAN    (JUNIOR  SCHOOL)       N.  Antolin 

PRIVETT 
SCHOLARSHIP  Nigel  Yonge 

MOTHER  PARENTS' 
AUXILIARY  SCHOLARSHIP     Todd  Hartlen 

SERVICE  AWARDS    (SENIOR  SCHOOL)         M.  Cottrell  (Chapel) 

M.  Turner  (Cubs) 

HEADMASTERS  AWARD  B.  Moore 

C.  Blackstock 
J.  Humphrey 
M.  Jawl 
W.  Hope 
H.  Cunningham 
T,  Hosie 

SLEGG  BOWL  (Junior  School)  A.  Stephenson 

JUNIOR  SCHOOL 
CITIZENSHIP  CUP  Don  Park 

JUNIOR  SCHOOL 
MERIT  SHIELD  Jeremy  Ellis 

CHAPMAN  CUP  (Grade  9)        W.  Vanderspek 

CONSIDINE  CUP 
(Most  Improved  in  Grade  X)    J.  Ison  &  R.  Martinez 

GROOS  SALVER 
(Outside  Community  Service)  R.  Pettapiece 

NATION  BOWL  K.  Jones 

KER  CUP  W,  McAlpine 

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THE  CHAPEL 

It  has  been  another  strenuous  year  for  the  Chapel.  The  increase  in  the  school 
enrolment  obliged  us  to  accommodate  many  activities  other  than  the  normal 
weekday  and  Sunday  services.  That  these  events  -  concerts,  debates, 
academic  classes,  lectures,  music  practices  and  general  assemblies  -  took 
place  without  undue  strain  or  unseemliness  testifies  to  the  reverence  the  Chapel 
commands  in  the  minds  of  the  boys.  Much  credit,  however,  is  due  to  the  firm  and 
courteous  manner  in  which  the  Chapel  officers  exercised  control.  Clark 
Blackstock,  John  Humphrey  and  Michael  Cottrell  were  unceasingly  vigilant. 
They  were  equal  to  every  occasion.  We  owe  them  our  thanks. 

As  regards  the  record  of  services,  mention  must  be  made  first  of  the  Harvest 
Festival  on  the  5th  October,  1 975.  The  preacher  was  the  Right  Rev.  R.J.  Pierce, 
formerly  the  Ordinary  in  the  bleak,  northerly  diocese  of  Athabasca.  In  the 
tradition  of  episcopal  visitors,  he  succeeded  during  the  course  of  his  sermon  in 
obtaining  from  the  Headmaster  a  promise  of  a  half-holiday,  thereby  endearing 
himself  to  the  boys  for  evermore!  Then,  in  November,  we  held  our  customary 
Remembrance  Service.  Mr.  W.R.G.  Wenman,  President  of  the  Old  Boys' 
Association,  read  the  lesson;  the  Headmaster  read  the  Honour  Roll:  Last  Post 
and  Reveille  were  sounded  by  Warrant  Officer  R.  Derry  of  H.M.C.S.  Naden;  and 
wreaths  in  honour  of  the  fallen  were  presented  by  Head  Boy,  Tom  Hosie, 
Douglas  Bertram,  and  Tom  Blades. 


12 


Another  noteworthy  occasion  during  the  year  took  place  on  Sunday,  the  1 6th 
May,  1976,  when  Dean  Brian  Whitlow  of  Christ  Church  Cathedral  came  in  his 
capacity  as  School  Visitor  to  unveil  and  dedicate  three  memorial  plaques.  The 
first  tablet  honours  the  founders  of  University  School  -  The  Rev.  W.W.  Bolton,  Mr. 
J.C.  Barnacle  and  Captain  R.V.  Harvey;  the  second  pays  tribute  to  Mr.  Kyrle  C. 
Symons  and  Edith  A.  Symons,  who  founded  "that  amazing  institution,"  St. 
Michaels  School;  whilst  the  third  commemorates  the  teaching  service  of  Mr. 
Tom  Keble  and  his  wife  Helen,  who  for  many  years  were  closely  connected  with 
the  school. 

A  significant  step  forward  was  taken  on  the  Sunday  after  the  Feast  of  the 
Ascension  (30th  May,  1976).  On  that  day,  the  Chapel  service  was  conducted 
entirely  by  boys.  The  reader  of  the  service  and  preacher  was  Keith  Jones.  (The 
text  of  his  sermon  is  appended  to  this  report.)  Chris  Turner  and  Clark  Blackstock 
read  the  lessons.  John  Humphrey  read  the  prayers,  and  David  Hamilton  played 
the  organ.  In  addition,  the  school  choir  was  in  attendance  to  lead  the  hymns  and 
sing  an  anthem.  It  was  such  an  inspiring  occasion,  and  so  well  attended  by  staff, 
parents  and  boys,  that  it  has  been  decided  that  a  "Boys'  Sunday"  must  become 
an  annual  event.  For  there  can  be  little  doubt  that,  by  having  to  undergo  the 
discipline  of  preparing  the  details  themselves  —  the  lessons,  the  prayers, 
hymns,  anthem  and  address  -  the  boys  not  only  experience  the  joy  of  worship 
at  a  deeper  level  than  is  otherwise  possible,  but  also  learn  most  valuable 
lessons  about  life,  discovering  within  themselves,  perhaps  for  the  first  time,  a 
whole  new  range  of  unsuspected  thoughts,  aspirations  and  ideals. 

So  we  came  finally  to  our  closing  service  on  the  1 8th  May,  1 976.  It  was  fitting 
that  on  this  solemn  occasion,  when  so  many  of  the  senior  boys  reached  the  end 
of  their  school  careers,  we  were  addressed  by  the  Bishop  of  British  Columbia, 
the  Right  Rev.  F.R.  Gartrell.  For  the  grace  and  wisdom  of  his  message  we 
express  here  our  sincere  gratitude. 

C.D.B. 

Holy  Matrimony. 

On  the  29th  December,  1975,  by  the  Rev.  A.J.  Mowat,  James  Edward  Lytton 
Wenman  and  Susan  Marilyn  Gray. 

Boys'  Sunday:  30th  May,  1976. 

Sermon  preached  in  Chapel  by  Keith  Jones,  Grade  12. 


Text:  St.  Mark  16,  verse  15: 
"And  Jesus  said  unto  them.  Go  ye 
into  all  the  world,  and  preach 
the  gospel  to  every  creature." 


Mark  16  vv.  14-20 

The  eleven  disciples  of  Christ,  of  whom  Saint  Mark  is  speaking  were  the  first 
Christian  teachers,  the  first  priests.  They  were  needed  then  to  guard  the  gospel 
and  enlarge  the  number  of  the  faithful.  So  too  at  this  time,  two  thousand  years 
later,  men  are  needed  to  do  these  things.  Thus,  for  example,  Christian  teachers 
and  priests  are  needed  in  the  third  world  -  or  developing  nations  -  to  teach  the 
faith,  construct  and  manage  schools,  build  hospitals,  churches  and  orphanages. 
The  religious  order  responsible  in  Canada  for  forwarding  this  good  work 

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overseas  is  the  Scarboro  Foreign  Mission  Society.  It  trains  and  supports  men 
throughout  the  third  world  -  in  countries  like  Brazil,  the  Bahamas,  the  Dominican 
Republic,  Guyana,  Japan,  the  Phillipines  and  the  islands  ot  St.  Vincent  and  St. 
Lucia.  It  includes  men  like  Father  Gerard  McKernan  who  spent  15  years  and 
prior  to  that  worked  for  1 8  years  in  the  missions  of  China,  Father  Lewis  Hewer,  in 
Brazil,  who  says  that  Brazilian  farmers  often  try  to  raise  a  family  of  ten  on  fifty 
cents  a  day,  and  Father  Gerry  Kelly,  who  has  been  a  missionary  in  Japan  for  25 
years. 

Quite  apart  from  the  intellectual  disciplines  required,  a  candidate  for  this 
ministry  must  undergo  a  spiritual  discipline  as  well.  He  has  to  lay  aside  most 
material  considerations  and  preoccupations.  Things  that  he  may  have  once 
hoped  to  have,  to  see  or  to  do,  will  in  fact  never  be  enjoyed  or  never  be  seen.  This 
self  denial  is  willingly  accepted  so  that  a  more  excellent  result  can  be  produced 
in  the  missionary  work.  This  is  the  price  that  is  paid  in  order  to  help  an  orphan 
learn  to  read  and  write.  This  is  what  it  takes  to  effectively  teach  a  farmer  in  India 
or  Brazil  to  manage  his  land  more  productively  and  grow  better  crops.  In  short, 
this  is  the  reason  why  down  the  ages  the  disciplines  of  Christ  have  laboured  to 
do  His  will:  not  for  any  reward  for  themselves,  but  for  the  joy  of  seeing  others 
enter  into  the  fruits  of  the  gospel. 

So  it  is  that  wherever  poverty  and  distress  exist  in  the  world,  men  still  offer 
themselves  in  God's  name  to  the  work  of  education  and  relief.  Any  person  who 
feels  in  his  heart  that  this  is  perhaps  what  he  would  like  to  do  must  realize  above 
all  that  it  is  a  hard  decision  to  make.  No  one  else  can  make  it  for  him. 

Thus,  to  enter  the  Roman  Catholic  religious  priesthood  it  is  necessary  for  a 
man  to  make  three  vows.  He  has  to  promise  three  things.  As  an  ordained 
minister  of  Christ's  Holy  Catholic  Church  he  will  never  be  able  to  have  a  family  of 
his  own.  He  will  never  experience  the  joy  of  having  a  son.  In  other  words  he 
renounces  the  joys  of  having  a  family.  The  second  is  the  vow  of  poverty,  that  all 
worldly  and  matenal  pleasures  and  interests  will  be  laid  aside  and  that  instead  a 
simple  way  of  life  will  be  lived.  Essentially  this  means  that  the  priest  promises  to 
share  what  little  he  has  with  those  who  have  less.  Then  thirdly  there  is  the  vow  of 
obedience,  the  promise  that  he  will  faithfully  follow  the  laws  of  God  and  the 
lawful  instructions  of  his  church  superiors. 


Bishop  Pierce  at  Harvest  Thanksgiving  1975  with  Mr.  N.  Hurrle,  M.  Endean,  Rev.  C. 
Blencoe,  the  Headmaster,  M.  Cottrell,  C.  Blackstock  and  J.  Humphrey. 


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The  very  gravity  of  these  promises  indicates  the  seriousness  with  which  a 
missionary  priest  must  approach  his  tasi<.  He  realizes  that  his  decision  to  serve 
God  and  the  Church  may  very  well  mean  that  he  must  for  years  be  separated 
from  his  friends,  his  family  and  his  home.  He  may  be  discouraged  now  and  again 
by  the  apathy  of  western  society.  Yet  he  must  go  on,  hoping  at  all  times  that  we 
who  have  so  much  in  life  will  ourselves  be  willing  to  give  up  a  small  part  of  it  for 
those  who  have  so  little. 

God  calls  each  and  every  one  of  us  in  a  manner  that  appeals  to  us  as 
individuals.  His  call  is  one  by  one.  He  calls.  It  is  for  us  to  respond.  The  world 
needs  doctors,  scientists,  businessman  and  scores  of  others  working  to  make  it 
a  better  place  to  live.  However,  we  must  not  forget  that  there  are  millions 
throughout  the  world  who  need  our  help.  We  must  continue  to  spread  the  gospel 
of  our  Lord  wherever  and  whenever  there  is  someone  who  will  listen.  G.K. 
Chesterton  made  a  comment  about  the  ministry  once.  He  said: 

"It  is  not  that  the  ministry  has  been  tried  and  found  wanting,  rather  it  has  been 
found  hard  and  not  tried." 

Matthew  4  "And  Jesus,  walking  by  the  sea  of  Galilee,  saw  two  brethren, 

vv.  18-20  Simon  called  Peter,  and  Andrew,  his  brother,  casting  a  net 

into  the  sea:  for  they  were  fishers.  And  He  saith  unto  them, 

Follow  me,  and   I  will  make  you  fishers  of  men.  And 

straightway  they  left  their  nets,  and  followed  him." 


The  Bishop  of  British  Columbia,  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Governors  with  the  Choir 
and  Chapel  Officers  after  the  Closing  Service  of  the  School  Year  1975/76. 


Chapel  Staff  J.  Humphrey  (HM's  Warden), 
Rev.  C.  Blencoe  (Chaplain),  M.  Cottrell 
(Chaplain's  Warden),  C.  Blackstock  (Verger). 


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ACTIVITIES 


XX  CLUB  REPORT 

The  XX  Club,  with  its  full  and  diversified  membership,  undertook  many 
projects  during  its  fifteenth  year  of  operation.  Unfortunately,  some  of  these 
projects  did  not  prove  to  be  beneficial  to  either  the  school  or  the  club. 

The  mam  activity  of  the  XX  Club  was  the  operation  of  the  Tuck  Shop.  This 
year,  unlike  many  of  the  past  years,  the  Tuck  Shop  was  actually  able  to 
produce  a  net  profit.  The  profit  has  been  set  aside  to  purchase  the  "XX  Club 
Cup."  This  cup  will  be  awarded  annually  to  the  best  all  round  boy  in  grade 
eight.  The  profit  was  attributable  to  a  simple  bookkeeping  system  which  was 
employed  to  the  chagrin  of  the  few  hungry,  "part  time"  members. 

Confectionary  has  been  the  basis  of  the  XX  Club  operation  ever  since  it 
began  to  operate  the  Tuck  Shop.  However,  this  year  the  XX  Club  tned  to 
diversify  its  role  in  school  life.  The  diversification  came  in  the  forms  of:  an 
intramural  system,  a  halloween  party,  a  grade  seven  tour  and  picnic  at  Fort 
Rodd  Hill,  a  XX  Club  sponsored  rock  concert,  and  an  active  role  during  the 
Auxiliary's  Christmas  dinners,  the  two  dances,  and  Multiple  Sclerosis' 
Carnation  Day.  Thanks  must  go  to  Keith  Jones  who  was  instrumental  in  the 
success  of  many  of  these  projects. 

The  development  of  the  XX  Club  in  1975-1976  not  only  augmented  its  role  in 
serving  the  school  but  also  helped  to  reveal  problems  affecting  the  Club's 
successful  operation.  With  a  complete  membership,  the  XX  Club  lacked  unity. 
The  lack  of  unity  weakened  some  potentially  successful  projects  and  resulted 
in  some  struggles  in  the  club,  especially  in  the  area  of  the  Tuck  Shop.  The 
XX  Club,  if  it  is  to  achieve  a  more  useful  role  during  future  school  years,  will 
need  more  external  support. 

My  thanks  must  go  the  school's  office  staff  which  handled  our  finances  and, 
of  course,  to  the  members  of  the  XX  Club  who  helped  serve  the  school  during 
the  past  year. 

W.  McAlpine 
(Vice-President  1975-1976) 


r*-?*'^v-y^; 


XX  Club  Back:  Mr.  Caleb,  K.Jones,  R.Wilson,  J.  Kayil.B.  Moore;  3/-d  Row.  H.  Fraser.C. 
Turner,  2nd  Row:  M.  Locke,  X.  Abrioux,  W.  McAlpine,  H.  Cunningham.  D.  Carev;  Front:  T. 
Hosie,  M.  Jawl,  C.  Blackstock,  M.  Cottrell,  W.  Ransford,  R.  LeNoury. 


BARNACLE  HOUSE  REPORT 

This  year  has  been  a  good  year  for  Barnacle  House.  Although  we  did  not 
clinch  the  inter-house  trophy  this  year,  we  did  stay  a  close  second,  making 
Bolton  work  hard  to  win  it. 

As  usual  our  basketball  teams  did  very  well,  both  teams  being  very  narrowly 
defeated  in  the  finals  by  strong  competition. 

Our  under  16  track  and  field  team  took  first  place  this  year  as  did  our  senior 
volleyball  team. 

The  boys  of  Barnacle  this  year  have  been  great,  and  I  want  to  thank  them  all  for 
their  enthusiasm  and  efforts  in  the  inter-house  sports. 

I  also  want  to  thank  my  fellow  prefects:  Anthony  Cheng,  Wake  McAlpine, 
Robert  Oswald,  Marcus  Endean,  and  Pat  Blair,  next  year's  boarding  Head  Boy, 
for  their  considerate  help  in  running  the  house  throughout  the  year.  Last  but  not 
least,  I  must  thank  my  house  masters,  Mr.  Parsons  and  Mr.  Goodwin,  for  their 
patient  guidance,  without  which  I  would  not  have  made  it. 

Next  year  the  house  will  be  run  by  Marcus  Endean.  I  wish  him  and  the  finest 
house  in  the  school  the  best  of  good  fortune  and  success  next  year  and  in  all  the 
years  to  come. 

Clark  Blackstock 
House  Captain 

BOLTON  HOUSE  REPORT 

Bolton  House  has  had  another  extremely  successful  year,  narrowly  winning 
the  Interhouse  sports  trophy  for  the  third  year  in  a  row. 

During  the  early  months  of  the  school  year,  Bolton  captured  first  place  in  both 
the  Junior  and  Under  16  swimming  competition  and  managed  to  win  both  Senior 
and  Junior  Basketball  tournaments.  The  Junior  Rugby  team  placed  first  overall 
whereas  the  Senior  team  placed  a  shameful  third.  My  biggest  surprise  this  year 
came  during  sports  day.  Bolton  came  second  but  did  not  win  in  any  of  the  age 
levels.  This  just  proves  how  important  it  is  to  compete  in  all  events  although  one 
may  have  a  slim  chance  of  winning. 

I  would  like  to  thank  the  following  people  for  their  valuable  support:  Mr.  Walsh, 
Mr.  Peach,  H.  Cubbage,  K.F.  Chan,  Ben  Chui,  A.  Ma,  M.  Cottrell,  C.S.  Tan  and 
John  Ellis.  I  would  also  like  to  show  my  appreciation  to  a  few  of  the  junior 
members  of  the  House  who  actually  deserve  the  Interhouse  trophy:  Jamie  Ellis, 
J.  Hudson,  M.  Barber,  D.  Cooper,  Duncan  Lee,  T.  Matheson  and  David  Porter. 

I  wish  to  say  good  luck  to  the  whole  House  and  especially  to  Harry  Cubbage 
who  IS  my  successor  as  House  Captain  next  year. 

J.  Humphrey 
House  Captain 


WINSLOW  HOUSE  REPORT 

Winslow  House  this  year  has  not  fared  too  well  in  Inter-House  competitions.  In 
the  Senior  section,  the  lack  of  members  again  proved  to  be  a  never  ending 
problem.  This  problem,  though,  was  greatly  reduced  by  the  enthusiasm  and 
house  spirit  of  the  members.  The  junior  section  again  contained  a  lot  of  talent  but 
the  lack  of  house  spirit  showed  through  greatly  and  this  made  it  very  difficult  to 
produce  full  teams.  Hopefully,  this  will  improve  next  year. 

On  behalf  of  the  House,  I  would  like  to  thank  Mr.  Jones  for  his  advice  and 
support  throughout  the  year.  I  would  also  like  to  thank  all  the  House  Prefects, 
Xavier  Abrioux,  David  Pickles,  Tom'Hosie,  Hansi  Cunningham,  David  Cousins, 

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Keith  Battersby,  Dan  Pflager,  for  the  help  they  provided  all  year  long.  My  thanks 
go  to  Sam  Paterson  for  the  help  he  gave  me  in  the  Junior  Section. 

I  extend  my  best  wishes  and  hopes  to  the  House,  to  both  present  and  future 
members  and  hope  that  the  House  will  do  well  next  year. 

Bruce  Moore 
House  Captain 


WENMAN  HOUSE  REPORT 

This  year  it  has  been  my  pleasure  to  guide  Wenman  House  to  a  third  place 
finish  in  Inter-House  competition.  The  Green  Machine  finished  with  a  total  of  46 
points,  just  3  behind  Barnacle  and  7  back  of  first  place  finishers  Bolton.  By  no 
means  was  the  house  exceptionally  strong  in  any  level,  but  as  the  year  wore  on 
each  level,  open,  under  16  and  15  managed  to  gain  points  in  various 
competitions.  The  surprise  for  Wenman  House  this  year  was  winning  the  Senior 
Rugby  competition  with  a  small  but  well  skilled  side.  This  added  to  the  lagging 
team  spirit  of  the  first  team. 

The  House  did  very  well  in  the  swimming  competition  led  by  the  invincible  Billy 
Hope  and  aided  by  Wright  and  Harris.  All  three  placed  extremely  well  in  their 
various  levels.  In  the  under  1 5  Inter-House  Cross  Country  the  boys  did  very  well  to 
give  the  house  a  first  place  finish  but  this  didn't  over  shadow  the  fact  that  we 
finished  poorly  in  the  other  levels.  In  the  Open  Basketball  competition  our  house 
was  forced  to  settle  for  third  as  did  the  under  1 6's.  In  both  levels  our  house  was 
the  favourite. 

In  Track  and  Field  Wenman  House  placed  second  over-all  Once  again  these 
efforts  were  paced  by  Bill  Hope's  three  victories.  Special  mention  should  go  to 
David  Kirk  and  Julian  Marsden,  who  also  did  extremely  well. 

Throughout  the  year  there  have  been  some  members  of  the  House  who  have 
aided  me  in  organizing  teams  and  making  sure  that  there  was  full  house 
participation.  The  three  most  prominent  members  were  Chris  Turner,  Bill 
Ransford  and  David  Kirk  and  I  thank  them  for  their  indispensible  help  over  the 
year.  Mr.  Mclntyre,  our  house  master,  should  also  be  thanked  for  his  advice  and 
encouragement. 

Next  year  I  look  forward  to  coming  back  and  seeing  Wenman  House  place 
higher  than  it  has  done  this  past  year.  I  wish  the  best  of  luck  and  good  fortune  to 
those  members  returning. 

Michael  Jawl 
House  Captain 

DEBATING 

The  three  major  events  of  the  year  were  the  Ravenshurst  Tournament  in 
Nanaimo,  the  Newman  FISA  Cup  Debates  at  Crofton  House  School,  Vancouver, 
and  the  Hammerskjold  Cup  Provincial  Debating  Tournament  in  Kelowna. 

At  the  Ravenshurst  Tournament  we  sent  2  junior  teams  and  this  enabled  some 
of  our  younger  debaters  to  get  their  first  taste  of  debating  experience.  However 
our  most  notable  success  was  that  of  Dermod  Travis  who  won  the  affirmative 
division  and  earned  himself  another  visit  to  the  Western  Canadian  Seminar,  this 
year  in  Winnipeg,  as  a  member  of  the  B.C.  team.  Dermod  continued  his  winning 
ways  in  Winnipeg  and  won  the  Vancouver  Sun  Trophy  as  the  leading  debater  of 
the  B.C.  contingent. 

We  sent  two  senior  and  two  junior  teams  to  the  Newman  FISA  Cup  Debates. 
The  first  team  placed  9th  and  the  second  team  1 1  th  out  of  1 2  teams.  This  was  not 

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Debating  Teams  at  Crofton  House  School,  Vancouver  for  Newman  •  FISA 
Tournament    Back:  Mr.  C.  Skinner,  D.  Travis,  I.  Burchett,  D.  Yzenbrandt,  K. 
Lawson-Willianns,  R.  Wilson,  Mr.  T.  Piete;  Middle:  J.  Spencer,  H.  Fraser,  D.  Copeland,  K. 
Riggs;  Front:  Mr.  G.  Salvador,  D.  Dales,  M.  Dempsey,  G.  Reader,  W.  Vanderspek,  R. 
Higgin,  L.  Giles,  Dr.  R.  Rompkey. 

a  startling  performance  but  individually  Randy  Wilson  placed  13th  in  the 
Affirmative  and  Ian  Burchett  6th  in  the  Negative.  Other  debaters  on  this  occasion 
were  Dirk  Yzenbrandt,  Lindsay  Giles,  Ken  Riggs,  Hugh  Fraser,  Ken 
Lawson-Williams  and  Geoff  Reader. 

The  junior  teams  finished  a  disappointing  13th  and  14th  with  only  Dermod 
Travis  and  Mike  Dempsey  making  a  good  showing.  Other  junior  debaters  were 
Jeff  Spencer,  Jay  Kuster,  Robert  Higgin,  Wim  Vanderspek,  Dale  Copeland 
and  Danny  Dales. 

The  highlight  of  the  year  had  to  be  the  Hammerskjold  Cup  Tournament  in 
Kelowna.  It  was  a  long  way  to  go  for  a  day's  debating  but  it  was  a  thoroughly 
worthwhile  endeavour  to  attend  a  well  run  tournament,  the  first  Provincial 
Championship  held  away  from  Vancouver  Island  and  the  Lower  Mainland.  In  the 
senior  group,  drama  commitments  took  away  some  of  our  team  and  Keith  Jones 
and  Wake  McAlpine  were  recruited  to  fill  the  gap  and  accompany  Ian  Burchett 
and  Lindsay  Giles.  Keith  and  Wake  must  be  congratulated  for  giving  us  their 
assistance;  they  prepared  some  fine  speeches  and  acquitted  themselves  well. 
Unfortunately  they  lacked  tournament  experience  and  Wake  McAlpine's  37th 
out  of  80  was  our  best  performance.  In  this  tournament  each  team  had  to  present 
both  the  affirmative  and  negative  arguments  and  had  to  debate  a  total  of  4 
rounds;  a  good  but  demanding  change  from  previous  formats. 

The  junior  team  fared  much  better  and  won  6  out  of  8  debates  and  finished  9th 
out  of  20  teams.  Both  teams  prepared  well  and  it  was  a  well  deserved  result  for 
this  junior  team  of  Dermod  Travis,  Mike  Dempsey,  Jay  Kuster  and  Jeff  Spencer. 
The  best  individual  result  was  that  gf  Dermod  Travis.  At  the  time  of  the  awards 
Dermod  was  placed  5th,  but  by  the  following  morning  he  was  4th.  When  the 
results  were  finally  computed  g  further  error  was  found  and  Dermod  was  finally 
put  in  2nd  place. 


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This  report  so  far  deals  only  with  the  3  major  tournaments.  Other  items  are 
worthy  of  note  and  it  would  be  proper  to  thank  Mr.  Salvador  for  his  interest  and 
hard  work  put  in  on  behalf  of  the  junior  participants.  He  was  brand  new  to 
debating  and  is  now  a  great  believer  who  is  at  present  busy  preparing  for 
October,  1976,  debates  with  Pearson  College  in  Spanish  and  Cantonese!  For 
the  Newman  FISA  debates  Jay  Kuster  came  in  as  a  very  late  replacement,  and 
he  debated  most  competently.  Thanks  are  due  to  Dr.  Rompkey  for  taking  some 
of  his  English  class  time  to  promote  this  worthwhile  skill  and  for  accompanying 
the  teams  to  Crofton  House,  Vancouver.  Dermod  Travis  has  already  received 
many  mentions;  but,  apart  from  his  debating  skills,  he  is  also  an  outstanding 
organizer.  Paul  Veerkamp  and  Robert  Higgin  debated  in  only  one  tournamen*. 
but  both  took  an  active  interest  throughout  the  year. 

Next  year  should  be  most  enjoyable:  we  have  many  young  debaters  who 
should  achieve  greater  success  and  we  can  also  look  forward  to  the  4th  Western 
Canadian  Debating  Seminar  which  is  to  be  held  in  Victoria,  B.C.,  on  December 
2,  3,  and  4th,  1 976.  Also,  we  have  the  prospect  of  travelling  some  distance  to  the 
Hammerskjold  Cup  Tournament,  which  in  March  1977  will  be  held  at  Prince 
George. 

R.W.W. 


MUSIC 

Music  at  our  school  has  made  concrete  if  undramatic  moves  forward  this 
past  year,  evident  in  a  greater  optimism  and  consolidation  than  heretofore. 
After  your  reporter's  illness  in  November  and  December,  it  seemed  that  little  in 
the  way  of  progress  might  have  been  achieved;  but  thanks  largely  to  the  way  in 
which  the  student  body  has  taken  hold,  the  year  has  ended  with  an  uplift  and 
enlivenment  which  has  been  most  gratifying  and  encouraging,  not  only  to 
yours  truly,  but  to  all  concerned. 

The  visit  of  the  Pacific  Wind  Quintet  must  be  noted  though  it  took  place  while 
i  was  in  hospital;  I  hope  we  can  look  forward  to  a  return  visit  so  that  I  can  enjoy 
their  artistry  here  on  home  ground.  Missing  as  I  did  all  the  School's  Christmas 
music,  I  can  only  thank  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Greenwood  for  their  kindness  and  industry 
in  "pulling  it  off." 

When  I  returned  to  school  in  January  we  immediately  began  learning  the 
music  of  the  two  one-act  operas  which  we  were  to  produce  in  June:  THE 
TELEPHONE  by  Menotti  and  DOWN  IN  THE  VALLEY  by  Kurt  Weill.  Both  casts 
worked  with  a  will  and  enjoyed  the  experience  immensely;  unfortunately, 
examinations  and  other  difficulties  forced  the  postponement  of  these  works  till 
next  fall,  when  we  expect  to  give  them  in  conjunction  with  Norfolk  House 
School  in  their  well-appointed  auditorium. 

After  this  unhappy  decision  had  been  taken,  we  bent  our  energies  with  a  will 
to  the  formation  of  a  school  choir  which  should  really  be  something  -  with  our 
eyes  trained  on  the  Music  Festival.  Late  April  came  and  we  presented 
ourselves  at  Victona  High  School  for  the  competition  which  involved  friendly 
rivalry  with  Glenlyon  School,  also  entered  in  our  class.  Speaking  for  myself,  I 
seemed  unable  to  shake  the  conviction  that  the  clobbering  we  undoubtedly 
were  to  receive  was  really  quite  an  unnecessary  and  tasteless  procedure,  one 
we  could  all  do  without.  Imagine  my  disbelief  when  I  heard  the  adjudication  - 
we  had  come  first!  Next  year  1  am  sure,  we  shall  get  that  clobbering  in  spades, 
but  for  this  year  our  win  has  had  wonderful  side  benefits  in  terms  of  spirit  and 
enthusiasm,  and  I  do  thank  the  adjudicator  for  the  uptrend  resulting  from  her 
decision.  After  the  Festival  we  sang  our  pieces  for  the  Senior  School  in  Chapel, 
and  for  the  Junior  School  at  their  Friday  assembly. 

Open  House  followed  swiftly  and  we  were  beginning  to  feel  the  pinch  of  our 

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slender  repertoire,  but  we  were  assisted  by  several  students  who  volunteered 
musical  items  to  comprise  a  very  interesting  programme,  particularly  our  two 
Grade  8  accordionists,  Bruce  Hill  and  Paul  Modes,  whose  contributions  were 
enthusiastically  received.  Our  afternoon  musicale  closed  with  our 
audience-friends  joining  us  in  a  hymn  (with  descant)  "When  I  Survey  the 
Wondrous  Cross,"  it  being  mid-Lent.  Later,  on  Ascension  Day,  David  Cousins 
repeated  his  Festival  piece  "In  Native  Worth"  from  the  Creation  by  Haydn,  for 
the  Senior  student  body  at  a  special  Chapel  observing  the  day. 

Just  before  the  close  of  the  year  (June  16th)  the  choir  appeared  again  at  the 
Junior  School's  Festival  of  the  Arts  organized  by  Mr.  Skinner.  We  sang  three 
numbers  -  "And  the  Glory"  (Handel),  "Tune  Thy  Music"  (Rowley)  and  "He 
Watching  Over  Israel"  (Mendelssohn).  The  Choir's  final  appearance  was  for 
the  visit  of  the  Bishop,  the  Rt.  Reverend  Roy  Gartrell  on  June  1 8th,when  the  new 
Chapel  officers  were  installed  by  the  Chaplain  -  one  of  whom  (Headmaster's 
Warden)  is  also  a  member  of  the  choir  in  the  person  of  Marcus  Endean. 

I  would  like  to  make  mention  of  the  happy  association  this  year's  Grade  12 
Music  class  has  been,  I  think  as  much  for  the  students  as  myself.  The  class 
commitment  to  the  choir  made  an  enormous  difference,  and  the  willingness  of 
Tom  Hung  and  Hugh  Fraser  (both  possessors  of  fine  baritones)  to  sing  the  Alto 
part,  really  made  the  year's  achievement  possible.  They,  together  with  the 
Grade  8  Altos,  did  a  fine  job  and  I  take  this  opportunity  to  thank  them  publicly. 
Indeed,  each  member  of  the  class  made  a  vital  and  positive  contribution  while 
racking  up  impressive  gains  in  facility  and  musicality  during  the  year;  Sam 
Wong,  Charles  Mak  and  Keith  Jones  in  the  Bass  section,  Ron  Pettapiece  in  the 
Tenor  and  Fred  Gentz  as  research  librarian.  Having  invited  the  class  to  tea  and 
recordings  at  my  home,  they  returned  the  compliment  by  inviting  me  to  dinner 
downtown,  complete  with  birthday  greeting  in  Japanese!  Our  social  activities 
ended  with  a  bang-up  dinner  completely  prepared  by  Sam  Wong  and  Tom 
Hung  at  Keith  Jones'  home  in  Cordova  Bay  after  exams.  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Jones 
agreed  with  us  that  this  was  the  real  highlight  of  our  year,  one  that  we  have  all 
enjoyed  immensely. 

Finally,  it  gives  me  distinct  pleasure  to  make  mention  of  Padre  Blencoe's 
splendid  gift  to  the  Music  Department  of  a  magnificent  new  trophy  to  be 
awarded  to  the  Grade  12  boy  who  shows  the  greatest  excellence  in  music.  My 
own  thanks  as  well  as  the  thanks  of  the  first  recipient,  Hugh  A.  Fraser,  go  to  Mr. 
Blencoe  as  we  realize  that  we  now  have  a  trophy  worthy  of  our  Art  and  of  the 
high  talent  and  achievement  which  it  represents. 

N.W.H. 
BAND 

The  School  Band  this  year  numbered  14  musicians  (7  Woodwinds  and  7 
Brass)  drawn  from  both  the  Junior  and  Senior  Schools. 

We  were  fortunate  in  having  such  instruments  as  a  Bassoon  (Stephen 
Dancey)  and  Bass  Clarinet  (David  Maxwell). 

The  School  Woodwind  Ensemble,  augmented  by  3  musicians  from  Norfolk 
House  School,  entered  the  Victoria  Music  Festival  and  gained  3rd  place.  The 
Adjudicator's  remarks  were  most  encouraging  to  the  group. 

Concerts  given  during  the  year  were  two  at  Christmas  (Norfolk  House  and 
Junior  School),  and  an  Easter  concert  at  the  Senior  School  and  a  Summer 
concert  for  an  evening  of  Fine  Arts,  presented  at  the  Junior  School.  Outstanding 
musicians  in  the  Band  this  year  were  Mark  Finnis  (Clarinet)  and  Brian  Goodwin 
(Trumpet);  Highly  commended  as  1st  year  musicians  are  Stephen  Dancey 
and  Adrian  Proctor. 

Larry  de  la  Haye 
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ELECTRONICS  CLUB 

An  Electronics  Club  was  newly  formed  this  year.  There  are  approximately 
twenty  members  from  grade  ten  to  grade  twelve.  The  activities  of  the  club 
include  kit  building  and  theory.  The  kits  that  have  been  built  so  far  consist  of 
radios,  alarms,  amplifiers,  power  supplies  and  remote  control  units.  With  the 
assistance  of  a  few  members,  a  Heathkit  GR  2050  colour  T.V.  was  constructed. 
It  was  a  very  fascinating  project  indeed.  The  theory  of  the  colour  T.V.  was  briefly 
described.  During  the  summer  term,  the  main  activity  was  the  learning  of 
electronic  fundamentals  such  as  A.C./D.C.  electronics,  semi-conductor 
devices  and  digital  technique. 

A.  Tsoi 


OLD  BOYS'  NOTES 

I.M.  DRUM  (1928-31),  who  visited  Victoria  recently,  has  retired  from  Home  Oil  in 
Calgary.  He  plans  to  continue  to  live  in  that  city, 

E.C.  HAMBER  (1928-31)  "BONEY,"  who  has  resided  in  Germany  for  some 
years,  paid  a  fleeting  visit  in  April.  He  is  remembered  for  many  things.  Among 
the  least  offensive  are  his  dependability  as  a  First  XV  full  back,  his  century 
against  Shawnigan  Lake  School  in  1931,  his  vast  affinity  for  detention,  his 
constant  appearance  on  the  Gate  List  with  the  rest  of  Dorm  7,  and  for  his 
laugh,  which  was  raucous  beyond  belief  and  which  has  not  diminished  with 
the  years. 

CONGRATULATIONS  to  E.B.  KJEKSTAD  (1962-65),  who  was  chosen  to  tour  in 
Australia  with  the  B.C.  Cricket  side  early  in  the  year. 

CONGRATULATIONS  also  to  K.  WILKE  (1965-66)  and  JIM  WENMAN  (1957-66) 
who  toured  in  Wales  and  England  with  the  B.C.  Rugby  team  at  Easter.  The 
same  pair  represented  Victoria  against  the  Japanese  touring  Rugby  team  in 
May,  and  each  scored  two  tries  -  very  fitting. 

R.A.J.  GEE  (1930-35)  paid  a  welcome  visit  in  May.  He  came  complete  with  a 
most  ostentatious  trailer  with  hot  and  cold,  queen-sized  couch,  and  beer 
storage  -  very  impressive.  JIM  lives  at  Blind  Bay,  near  Salmon  Arm,  B.C.,  but 
is  threatening  to  move  to  Vancouver  Island  one  day. 

R.J.  CALTON  (1949-51)  When  Victoria  "EBB  Tide"  XV,  all  over  forty,  played  a 
Japanese  touring  Rugby  side  of  like  age,  RAY  was  as  prominent  as  ever.  As 
was  his  wont  -  he  moved  effortlessly  through  the  opposition,  gaily  selling 
dummies  as  he  went. 

H.D.  BURBIDGE  (1913-22)  DUDLEY  has  now  retired  and  lives  at  Crescent 
Beach,  B.C.  He,  in  his  words,  "Outlived  all  his  male  relatives  and  inherited  a 
title."  We  congratulate  Sir  Herbert  Burbidge  on  his  elevation,  but,  as  he  says, 
"It's  hard  to  take  your  title  seriously  when  your  wife  is  asked  at  the 
supermarket  checkout  if  her  name  is  Mrs.  Lady  Burbidge." 

CONGRATULATIONS  to  GUY  TYRWHITT-DRAKE  (1972-74),  who  sailed 
through  his  second  year  at  the  University  of  Victona;  to  MICHAEL  LAU 
(1970-75),  who  has  finished  a  very  creditable  first  year  at  Vancouver 
Community  College. 

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MARRIAGES 

C.A.M.   DYKES  (1962-65)  to  Lynda  Mane  Stocco  at  Calgary,  Alberta,  on 
September  6,  1975, 

J.E.L.  WENMAN  (1957-66)  to  Susan  Gray  in  St.  Michaels   University  School 
chapel,  on  December  29,  1975. 


DEATHS 

H.R.  MORTIMER  (1930)  in  Vancouver,  B.C.,  on  December  23,  1975. 

E.J.D.  TOWNSEND  (1911-13)  in  England,  on  October  13,  1975. 

J. A.  GIBBS  (1938-42)  in  Victoria,  B.C.,  on  May  22,  1976. 

BRIGADIER  F.N.  CABELDU  (1919-24)  in  Victoria,  B.C.,  on  June  12,  1976. 

G.W.  COGLIN  (1938-43)  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  U.S.A.  on  August  26,  1976. 

FROM  NED  SYMONS 

It  IS  always  with  feelings  of  regret  and  pleasure  that  these  annual  jottings  are 
recorded.  Regrets,  because  so  many  are  omitted;  pleasure,  because  of  the 
memories  they  bring  to  me  and  because  they  may  be  of  interest  and/or 
amusement  to  you. 

Since  last  year's  edition  these  gleanings  have  come  to  light:- 

In  September  of  1975  there  was  a  tragic  coincidence.  Young  Donald 
Cameron,  possibly  one  of  that  name  who  attended  the  school  about  '69  was 
seriously  injured  in  a  car  accident  on  the  Shawnigan  Lake  cut-off.  He  was  picked 
up  by  Graham  Ashby  who  graduated  from  the  junior  school  to  the  senior  school 
quite  recently.  En  route  to  the  hpspital  in  Victoria  there  was  a  second  crash.  The 
former  unfortunately  died  and  the  latter  was  quite  seriously  injured.  However 
Kyrle  saw  Graham  at  a  marina  near  Sidney  this  summer  assisting  his  father  so 
apparently  he  has  recovered.  Good. 

In  this  same  month  I  received  the  first  of  many  phone  calls  and  letters  from 
Jack  (Moosie)  Wells  ('31-'33)  in  Saskatoon,  He  is  a  great  and  fine  man,  who,  in 
spite  of  a  physically  questionable  heart,  writes  a  mature  and  constructive 
column  for  the  Saskatoon  Commentator,  sits  on  the  local  hospital  board,  and 
devotes  his  life  to  his  city  and  province. 

Norman  Leggatt  ('46-'49)  renowned  to  us  our  our  first  boy  from  Mexico  and  to 
the  world  as  a  master  performer  and  teacher  of  Ballet,  sent  his  customary 
Christmas  letter.  The  note  ended  somewhat  cryptically  "My  life  may  change  in 
September"  ,  ,  '^  Incidentally  Norman  brought  his  own  troupe  to  Victoria  in  "The 
Greek  Duck," 

At  this  time  Andrew  Penn  ('60-'67)  was  performing  in  Austria  with  the  Oxford 
Cambridge  ski  team.  He  is  a  Cambridge  "blue"  in  this  sport.  Meanwhile  brother 
Nigel  was  receiving  his  commercial  pilot's  licence.  He  flew  water  bombers  this 
summer. 

Just  before  New  Year's  Eve  a  letter  arrived  from  Cathy  and  Rodney  (Taddy) 
Quainton  (■50-'53)  announcing  the  expectation  of  "A  bicentennial  dividend"  in 
March.  Cathy  was  editor  of  the  Junior  League  Magazine  and  involved  with 
nursing  work;  Rodney,  not  having  enough  to  do  in  the  bank,  was  president  of  the 
Harvard  Business  School  Club.  Now  both  are  in  Tokyo  for  a  three  year  stmt. 
Rodney  is  "number  two  boy"  there. 

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Tony  Quainton  (■43-'45)  meanwhile  had  been  appointed  U.S.  Ambassador  to 
the  Central  African  Republic.  I  believe  this  is  our  third  Ambassador. 

While  on  the  subject  of  diplomacy  Nicky  Etheridge  was  posted  in  June  or  July 
to  the  Canadian  Embassy  in  Bagdad  and  first  Secretary  George  Kidd  ('30-'32) 
is  of  course  Canadian  High  Commissioner  in  Lagos,  Nigeria. 

In  March  a  really  noteworthy  experience  occurred.  A  letter  of  three  full  pages 
arrived  from  Peter  Edgelow  (■46-'52).  His  hands  are  far  too  full  to  permit  such  an 
indulgence  normally.  With  the  letter  was  a  copy  of  his  M.A.  Thesis,  "The  Case  for 
Joint  Manipulation  in  Physical  Therapy."  It  is  both  flattering  and  humbling  for  an 
ex  school-master  to  receive  such  a  document.  Peter  recalled  such  characters  as 
Roddy  Roome.  Mike  Sanguinetti,  Roger  Stone,  and  the  wonderful  old  Christmas 
Concerts. 

Brief  but  delightful  encounters  have  abounded  in  the  course  of  humdrum 
routine  living.  Rob  Hopkins  ('67-'i')  looking  very  fit  and  happy  is  interested  in 
economics  and  insurance.  Currently  he  is  working  with  Thos.  H.  Lyttleton. 

Brian  (Birdie)  Cameron  and  Mike  Burling  ('SQ-'ee)  are  both  second  year 
biology  buffs  at  UVic.  Bnan  hopes  to  get  into  conservation  work. 

Hugh  Maclean  ('40-'46)  is  finding  the  job  of  managing  the  Oak  Bay  branch  of 
the  Royal  Bank  more  than  slightly  different  to  that  of  his  former  branch  in 
Vancouver. 

Fred  Norris  ('19-'25)  and  his  wife  Mary  are  still  playing  golf  at  the  Victoria  Golf 
Club.  Judging  by  appearances  they  are  far  too  good  for  me. 

Johnny  Waters  ('59-'62).  lost  for  so  long,  identified  himself  to  me  while  I  was 
walking  the  dog  along  the  beach.  Johnnie  was  modelling  a  chunk  of  soapstone 
and  IS  apparently  very  interested  in  fine  arts.  He  had  news  of  some  of  the 
wonderful  "evacue"  boys  who  came  to  us  from  Great  Britain  and  is  apparently 
still  in  touch  With  some  of  them. 

Ron  Baird  ('37-'40)  always  stands  by  with  moral  support  and  news.  He  very 
kindly  sent  me  a  copy  of  the  booklet.  "The  Maverick  Nun,"  on  which  he. 
collaborated  with  Jim  Ryan. 

Charles  Roberts  ('39-'42)  full  of  joviality  and  enterprise  has  returned  to  Victoria 
and  has  opened  a  superb  Tea  Room  and  Antique  establishment  in  Windsor 
House  opposite  Windsor  Park.  A  superlative  and  delightful  place,  typical  of  its 
developer. 

Rick  Peck  ('61 -'62)  is  now  married  and  lives  in  North  Vancouver.  Brother 
Timmy,  typically,  is  still  asking  for  the  recipe  for  treacle  pie. 

Kim  Napier  ('60-?)  is  an  engineer  with  the  B.C.  Ferries  and  lives  at  Colwood  or 
Metchosin. 

Mark  Stone  ('62-63)  has  proved  once  again  the  story  of  the  "dumb" 
schoolboy.  Never  a  whizz  at  academics  because  they  were  not  sufficiently 
interesting  or  challenging,  and  always  a  gem  at  electronics,  is  chief  audio 
engineer  with  CHEK  TV. 

Stirling  Ward  ('58-'65)  too  has  found  his  niche.  He  is  now  in  Saskatoon  doing 
extremely  well  and  happily  at  commercial  industrial  photography. 

Pip  Symons  ('45-'51)  was  out  here  for  a  holiday  with  his  delightful  wife  and 
family.  Of  course  it  rained  steadily. 

if  you  have  news  of  any  Old  Boys,  or  if  you  want  to  contact  any,  do  write  to  the 
school,  or  me.  As  K.C.  used  to  say  "DO  IT  NOW  " 

Ned  Symons 


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OBITUARIES 

During  the  year,  the  School  has  suffered  the  loss  by  death  of  two  most 
distinguished  Old  Boys,  both  Honorary  Governors. 

In  June,  Frederick  Norman  Cabeldu  died  after  a  long  illness  and  in  October, 
Robert  Henry  Brackman  Ker  died  suddenly. 

FREDERICK  NORMAN  CABELDU,  CBE,  DSO  and  Bar,  Legion  of  Honour 
and  Croix  de  Guerre.  He  was  born  in  1905  in  England.  He  grew  up  in  Japan 
before  arriving  in  Victoria  in  1919.  He  was  enrolled  at  the  University  School 
which  was  then  called  the  University  Military  School.  It  gave  him  grounding  in 
academic  and  military  studies  as  well  as  sports.  He  was  Head  Boy  and  Cadet 
Corps  leader  in  his  final  school  year,  member  of  the  1st  XV  Rugby  team  and 
greatly  interested  in  track  and  field.  He  was  awarded  the  Ker  Cup  in  1924 
when  leaving  the  school. 

He  joined  the  Royal  Bank,  but  left  to  pursue  his  long  real  estate  career  in 
1926.  He  retained  his  interests  in  matters  military  and  joined  the  Scottish  Militia 
as  a  private  in  1 926,  was  soon  commissioned  and  by  1 937  had  risen  to  the  rank 
of  Major  and  went  overseas  as  the  company  Commander  at  the  beginning  of 
the  Second  World  War.  He  was  then  promoted  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  in  1 943.  He 
was  quite  frequently  under  fire  and  was  injured  when  an  artillery  shell  made  a 
direct  hit  on  his  battalion  headquarters.  Returning  after  the  war,  he  became  a 
Member  of  the  Board  of  University  School.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Kiwanis 
and  the  Canadian  Club,  Past  President  of  the  Union  Club.  He  served  his  fellow 
citizens  as  an  Alderman  and  was  Chairman  of  the  Regional  Water  Board.  He 
was  Chairman  of  the  University  School  Board  of  Governors  until  amalgamation 
in  1971,  when  he  became  an  Honorary  Governor  of  St.  Michaels  University 
School. 

The  Headmaster  and  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Governors  led  a 
delegation  of  Prefects  to  his  funeral  at  Christ  Church  Cathedral  where  many 
Old  Boys  of  the  School  were  present. 

ROBERT  HENRY  BRACKMAN  KER,  who  died  suddenly  in  October,  was  for 
many  years  a  Governor  of  the  University  School.  The  Senior  living  Old  Boy  of 
the  School,  he  went  from  University  School  to  Haileybury  in  England,  and  saw 
service  in  the  First  World  War.  He  went  overseas  with  the  48th  Battalion  of  the 
Canadian  Expeditionary  Force.  He  later  transferred  to  the  Royal  Flying  Corps, 
returning  with  the  rank  of  Major.  He  entered  business  in  1919,  and  his  long 
years  of  service  to  the  community  began  when  he  was  elected  one  of  the 
youngest  Aldermen  in  the  history  of  Victoria  in  1923.  He  served  on  the  council 
for  1 1  years.  His  business  concerns  were  legion.  He  was  President  of  Home  Oil 
for  a  number  of  years.  Director  of  many  companies  including  B.C.  Power 
Corporation,  B.C.  Electric,  Montreal  Trust  Company,  Neon  Products  of 
Canada,  Northern  and  Employers  Insurance  Company,  \^e  was  on  the  Board  of 
Governors  of  University  of  British  Columbia,  served  for  many  years  on  the 
Board  of  University  School,  and  was  an  Honorary  Governor  of  St.  Michaels 
University  School  until  his  death. 

He  was  a  quiet  man,  who  shunned  public  attention  and  his  benefactions 
throughout  the  community  were  well  known.  He  carried  on  the  family  tradition  of 
service.  He  was  the  son  of  David  Russell  Ker,  for  whom  the  Ker  Cup  is  named,  and 
thegrandsonof  Robert  Ker,  Auditor-General  of  British  Columbia  in  the  early  days 
of  the  Colony  and  a  close  friend  of  Sir  James  Douglas,  the  Governor  of  Vancouver 
Island. 

The  Headmaster  and  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Governors  led  a 
delegation  of  Senior  Prefects  to  Mr.  Ker's  funeral  held  at  Saint  John's  Church 
and  attended  by  many  Old  Boys  of  the  School. 

The  title  of  Honourary  Governor  is  given  to  few;  only  to  those  who  have 
served  the  school  unsparingly  and  well  over  long  periods  of  time.  The  interest 

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shown  by  these  two  gentlemen  in  the  welfare  of  this  school  continued  right  up 
to  the  moment  of  their  passing. 

I  personally  will  miss  the  frequent  visits  and  the  wise  advice  which  I  received 
from  them  during  the  last  five  years.  We  will  honour  their  memory  at  this  School. 

Peter  A.  Caleb 
Headmaster 


Prefects    Standing:  R.  Wilson,  B.  Chui,  J.  Ellis,  W.  McAlpine,  M.  Endean,  I.  Burchett,  K. 
Battersby.C.Gareau.  I,  Graeme,  G.  Reader: Seated.'  H.  Cunningham,  K.  Jones,  M.  Locke, 
R,  Oswald,  M.  Cottrell,  C.  Blackstock,  T.  Hosie,  M.  Jawl,  B.  Moore,  J.  Humphrey.  D.  Kirk,  W. 
Ransford.  B.  Peers.  X.  Abrioux. 


Tom  Hosie  (Head  Boy)  and  Mike  Jawl 
(Deputy  Head  Boy). 


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EXPRESSIONS 


LINES  WRITTEN  IN  SCHOOL  ON  A  GARBLED  TUESDAY 

You  do  not  know  why  you  are  here. 

You  do  not  know  who  you  are. 

You  do  not  know. 

Why?  The  question  is,  why? 

An  insurmountable  dream. 

The  pinnacle  of  insanity. 

One  who  knows  not, 

Does  not 

Know  why. 

For  he  is  an  eternal  shadow. 

A  silver  spoon  in 

The  mouth  of  society. 

Skin  without  pockets, 

Individuality  without  isolation. 

Togetherness  without  trauma, 

Reason  without  purpose, 

Purpose  without  logic. 

Insanity  is  the  answer. 

You  do  not  have  to  explain. 


LINDSAY  GILES  11-3 


POEM 

Death  lay  beside  me,  waiting  day  by  day. 

His  cold  breath  I  could  feel  chilling  my  old  bones. 

Chances,  beauty  and  youth  he  stole  from  me. 

He  stared  at  me  one  day,  asking  quietly: 

"Come,  play  in  yonder  fields,  though  tarry  not  long. 

His  hand  he  offered,  but  I  answered  him  nay. 

Temptations  of  delight  he  showed  me. 

Dear  God,  take  from  me  this  grievous  sou  1 1 

Take  me,  as  I  am  -  my  Father's  forces 

Took  the  sting  of  death  away.  Courage  was  mine. 

God.  Protector,  Defender,  my  inner  self. 

In  the  company  of  Him.  I  walk  without  fear. 

For  He  is  the  hope  in  my  darkest  hour. 

He  shall  always  be  answered.  Yea. 


DAVID  COUSINS  11-2 
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NIGHTLIFE 

A  hand  appears  and  passes  on. 

Another  and  another,  and  on  they  flow 

Like  a  rising  tide,  and  all  the  time 

Klink!  k  link  I  k  link  I 

And  the  pile  of  paper  grows. 

As  louder  and  louder  the  clamour  rises, 

Demanding  more  to  give  their  paper. 

Stamp  their  hands  and 

Seek  their  hearts'  content. 

But  still  the  crowd  swells  and 

Breaks  like  waves  on  the  door, 

Which  prevents  the  black,  noisy  heat 

From  engulfing  the  ante-room 

With  its  smoke-drenched  air. 

Slowly  the  numbers  decrease  and 

An  ebb  sets  in  until  one  last 

Hand 

Appears  to  be  stamped  and  passes  within: 

One  hundred,  three  hundred,  five  hundred. 

Seven  hundred  and  fifty -six, 

All  because  of  that  cacophonous  noise 

Brimming  over  the  sill  into  the  ante-room, 

Where  the  clouds  puff  back  and  forth 

With  the  laughter  of  the  stamped  hands. 


HANSI  CUNNINGHAM  12-1 


CRUTCHES 

Ye  pity  those  in  plaster  bound; 

But  look  at  your  own  soul. 

Society's  mould  has  cast  you, 

One  cannot  break  its  hold. 

Mind's  splint  entraps  you,  freedom  is  unknown; 

I  pity  you  the  captured  one, 

My  mind  is  all  my  own. 


BRIAN  PEERS  12-2 
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PROGRESS 


Hunt,  roam: 
Savage  beast: 
Farm,  home: 
Civilized  peace. 

Fire,  tools: 
Speech, 
Fools.  GEOFF  READER  11-1 


HOLOCAUSTS  ARE  COMMONPLACE 

The  world  revolves  around  trivial  things. 

Who  cares  about  an  all-out  nuclear  war? 

It's  little  things  like  that  which  don't  matter  any  more. 

With  gleaming  birds  of  destruction  with  wings. 

One  obliterates  while  he  calmly  sings. 

Brimming  buckets  heaped  full  of  oozing  gore. 

I  ask  YOU,  my  friend,  can  we  take  much  more? 

Inside  a  morgue,  the  sound  of  the  dead  rings. 

Looking  down  on  it  now,  what  should  we  do^ 

The  answer  is  certainly  not  with  us  now. 

The  world  explodes  with  us  caught  in  the  loo. 

Generations  of  an  eternal  row. 

Whoever  cares  if  we  go  down  the  flue, 

Succumbing  to  a  malevolent  vow^ 


LINDSAY  GILES  11-3 


EL  RANCHO  LA  BREA  TAR  PITS 


In  the  land  far  out  west,  there  still  exists  a  foreboding  puddle  of  goo, 
Its  glutinous  core  and  hideous  guise  made  it  an  ominous  view. 
For  year  upon  year,  the  oozing  bog  claimed  many  an  innocent  brute. 
Whether  predator  or  prey,  they  had  no  say  in  their  undeniable  doom. 
Sabre-toothed  tigers,  mammoths  and  sloths  all  met  their  fate  in  the 

formidable  gloom. 
The  endless  depth  of  a  murky  dusk  allured  not  like  the  Piper's  flute. 
And  yet  cunning  beasts  were  ensnared  like  flies  and  then  seemed  far 

from  astute. 
They  only  added  to  the  continuous  flow  of  creatures  for  the  living  tomb. 
Scientists  have  observed  it  as  a  natural  history  class. 
They  poke,  scrape  and  excavate,  making  unforeseen  finds  with  glee. 
Then  they  claim  their  rights  to  certain  bones  as  though  declaring  a 

decree. 
From  these  discoveries,  we  learn  of  the  past. 
And  those  few,  few  animals  that  stayed  to  the  last. 
Perhaps  PROGRESS  will  have  the  very  same  end  as  these  miserable 

pits  on  that  desolate  lea. 

COLIN  GAREAU  11-1 
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THE  BIRD 

The  tree  stood  like  a  soldier  on  guard. 

From  it  the  black  divebomber  dove, 

Silently, 

And  landed. 

Its  ruffled  wings  are  folded. 

It  looks  inguisitively  and  turns  its  head  this  way  and  that. 

Then  hops  forward  like  a  boy  on  a  pogo-stick. 

Lowers  its  head  and  picks  up  the  shiny  object, 

Flaps  its  wings, 

Tucks  its  feet,  and  is  off. 


CHRIS  IRVING  12-2 


SNOW  MEN 

Deep  under  foot  the  sparkling,  white,  blue  snow, 

A  countryside  all  garbed  in  white  apparel, 

The  trees  are  sprinkled,  cowbarns  cover  all, 

A  state  of  bliss.  Now  let  the  nature  show. 

Articulate,  symmetrical,  below. 

The  underside  of  nature's  garment,  small. 

But  close  to  see  the  flakes,  so  different  all. 

When  landed  form  a  single  mass  of  snow. 

This  situation  does  appear  to  me, 

In  cities  where  we  live  to  be,  by  far. 

That  people  individual  can't  be. 

But  in  the  country  nature  does  not  mar 

The  living  individuality 

That  makes  of  men  the  wonders  that  they  are. 


W.J.  CUNNINGHAM  11-2 


MISTAKES 


You  are  the  cause  of  all  the  pain 

That  we  suffer  at  times  throughout  our  life. 

You  are  the  bringer  of  listlessness,  toil  and  strife: 

Whatever  we  do  to  avert  you,  you  remain. 

We  find  it  impossible  for  you  to  restrain 

In  the  manner  that  all  would  think  right. 

It  is  you  who  brings  the  pessimist  delight. 

But  could  I  be  wrong?  Could  I  make  a  mistake? 

You  have  accompanied  us  for  so  long  a  time, 

Perhaps  it  is  a  mistake  to  reprimand, 

For  you  have  become  a  substantial  part  of  us. 

We  could  even  speak  of  you  as  sublime! 

There's  a  chance  your  actions  have  grown  meritorious. 

To  commit  no  mistake  would  be  unnatural  for  man. 


GFOFF  SMITH  11-3 
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FREEDOM 

To  wonder,  Oh,  to  be  free. 

To  wander,  away  from  the  sorrows  of  future  days  passed: 
Atone,  f feeing  from  time.  I'm  on  my  last  spree, 
Venturing  far,  unshackled  my  thoughts 
from  the  chains  of  mind. 
Upward,  no  limit,  no  sky,  only  endless  black. 
Stretched  so  far  as  I. 
To  wonder 

is  to 

wander. 


\NILLIAM  HANSFORD  12-1 


CHILDREN 

Little  children  in  far  off  land, 

Your  beautiful  difference 

Makes  me  feel  so  grand. 

You  with  your  language. 

And  me  with  mine. 

In  spite  of  our  differences. 

The  same  sun  does  shine. 

Teach  me  your  song; 

I'll  teach  you  mine. 

And  maybe  then  the  world  will  be  fine. 

In  harmony  we  will  sing  this  song, 

For  in  beautiful  music. 

Nothing  can  be  wrong. 

I  want  to  reach  out 

and  take  your  hands, 

although  there's  an  ocean, 

that  separates  our  lands. 

With  one  heaven  above. 

And  one  earth  below. 

Someday  we  will  make  it, 

I  know,  I  think,  I  know. 


ANDREW  MA  12-3 
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AVIDITY 

The  immature  nation  with  her  droughtful  thirst, 

Her  torpid  infants,  their  miserable  bawl. 

The  bustling  jungle,  its  evil  mist 

Houses  the  rich,  the  greed,  the  call: 

For  money  and  wealth  and  more  of  it  all. 

This  spreading  disease,  this  conquering  force, 

Overcomes  and  surrounds,  an  enclosing  wall. 

Where  no  one's  aware  of  its  power  or  course, 

The  towering  structure,  slender  in  the  sun. 

Its  fiery,  flame,  outcast  to  the  stars, 

Across  the  globe  the  screaming  sons: 

And  daughters  from  birth  starved  and  marred. 

They  have  no  forage,  no  future,  only  faith 

That  someday  their  distant  brothers  will  understand  and  praise. 

IAN  GRAEME  11-1 


HIGH  JUMPING 

At  last  the  moment  has  arrived 
When  I  must  jump  the  bar. 
My  heart  is  beating  wildly, 
And  my  body  is  numb  and  tense. 
I  slowly  run  toward  my  goal, 
Taking  each  step  In  rhythmic  time, 
Then  suddenly  leap  into  the  air, 
Soaring, 

Twisting, 
Arching, 
Falling, 
Falling  backwards, 
Into  a  sea  of  netted  foam. 
I  lie  there, 

Stunned  for  a  moment. 
For  the  bar  had  not  fallen  to  the  ground. 
Then  stand  up, 

And  let  out  a  sight  of  relief, 
For  I  have  made  it .  .  . 

MARK  SMITH  7-1 
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THE  FISH 

Through  the  water 

Dark  and  green, 

Lurking  there 

But  yet  unseen 

By  me  or  any  human  being. 

Waiting,  waiting. 

Still  no  sign 

Of  that  sleek  and  silver  shine. 

As  it  lurks, 

Between  the  weed 

Hoping  for  a  giant  feed. 

Home  I  go  without  a  catch 

Because  again,  I've  met  my  match. 


ECHSTEIN  CASTLE 


CLIVE  MOULDEN  7-1 


"Just  think,  Virginia,  we're  gonna  stay  in  a  genuine  castle,"  said 
Cecilia  Reynolds,  of  Laketown,  Missoun,  as  the  American  Express  bus 
drove  across  the  plains  of  Hungary. 

Virginia  Jones,  of  Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  was  just  as  excited  as  her 
friend.  The  two  middle-aged  women  had  met  on  the  trip  and  had 
become  close  friends.  Virginia  was  fat  and  had  flaming  red  hair  and 
three  chins.  Cecilia  was  plump,  but  not  fat,  and  had  black  hair. 

"Really,"  said  Charles  Clarik.  "Hungary  is  a  terrible  waste  of  money. 
Practically  everything  you  can  see  in  Hungary  can  be  seen  in  parts  of 
Austria." 

"Oh  Charles,"  said  his  wife,  Elaine,  "I  think  it's  lovely,  and  Roberta  and 
Trevor  do  too." 

"Yeah,"  said  Henry  James  across  the  aisle  to  his  wife,  Barbara. 
"Communists  ready  to  shoot  us  at  the  drop  of  a  hat." 

Itwas  now  quite  dark.  There  was  a  fu  1 1  moon  in  the  sky  above.  The  bus 
turned  onto  a  side  road  and  started  to  climb  a  hill.  At  the  top  of  the  hill 

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was  a  large,  imposing  castle.  After  awhile,  they  reached  the  top  and  the 
party  clambered  out,  the  suitcases  being  unloaded  by  young  men  who 
ran  out  of  the  castle. 

"Looks  spooky,"  said  Roberta  Clarlk,  aged  seventeen. 

"There's  ghosts,  probably,"  said  her  twelve-year-old  brother  Trevor. 
He  then  began  a  list  of  things  that  made  his  sister  feel  sick. 

"Now,  Trevor,  stop,"  said  Elaine. 

Suddenly,  Cecilia  shneked,  "Porter!  Porter!  One  of  my  suitcases  is 
gone.  I  put  it  down,  and  it's  gone." 

The  porter  could  not  speak  English,  but  an  elderly  little  woman 
appeared  in  the  foyer. 

"Excuse  me,"  she  said,  in  almost  perfect  English.  "I  am  ze  owner  of 
Echstein  Castle.  You  should  not  worry.  I  sink  your  suitcase  will  turn  up'. 
ley  usually  do." 

"Usually?"  shrieked  Cecila. 

"Yes,"  said  the  lady.  "f\/lany  strange  sings  happen  here." 

"Strange  things?" 

"Oh,  be  quiet,  Cele,"  said  Virginia.  "That's  half  the  fun." 

"Dear  lady,"  said  Professor  George  Olson.  "Ghosts  are  not  real. 
Everything  has  a  logical  explanation." 

"I'm  glad."  stammered  Barbara  James,  more  than  a  little  bit 
fnghtened. 

With  that,  the  porter  showed  the  guests  upstairs  to  their  rooms.  Only 
Trevor  stayed  behind. 

"Do  strange  things  really  happen  here?"  he  asked  the  lady. 

"Yes,  more  zan  I'd  Tike  to  mention." 

Trevor  followed  his  family  upstairs. 

A  few  hours  later,  Trevor  lay  in  bed.  The  party  had  refrained  from 
talking  about  the  suitcase.  It  was  something  that  disturbed  everyone. 

Suddenly,  there  was  a  scream  down  the  passage.  It  sounded  like 
Cecilia.  Trevor  wanted  to  say,  "What's  the  matter?"  but  he  cou  Id  not.  He 
was  suddenly  mute. 

He  heard  Virginia's  voice.  "Cele,  Cele,"  it  said.  "Cele.  What 
happened?  Ah-h-h!  Help!  Murder!  IVIurder!"  Her  voice  choked  off. 
There  was  a  stifled  scream,  and  then  a  thud  as  of  a  dead  body  on  the 
floor. 

"Dear  lady!"  came  from  across  the  corridor,  where  Professor  Olson 
slept.  "What  are  you  doing  here?"  he  asked  sharply.  "And  what  have 
you  done  to  Miss  Jones  and  Mrs.  Reynolds?  Go  away  from  me!" 

Footsteps  came  running  down  the  corridor.  Then,  there  was  a  deep 
voice. 

"So  you  didn't  believe  in  ghosts,"  it  said. 

"Yes.  I  did!" 

"No,  you  didn't." 

There  were  sounds  of  scuffling  as  another  body  thumped  on  the  floor. 

"He's  coming  to  my  room  next,  "thought  Trevor.  He  wanted  to  scream, 
but  he  was  mute.  He  wanted  to  leave  his  bed  and  run.  but  the 
bedclothes  held  him  down.  The  footsteps  came  nearer,  nearer,  nearer. 

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THE  CHASE 

The  cock  crowed.  The  chase  was  on.  The  men  mounted  their  horses. 
The  hounds  were  woken  and  they  were  let  out  ready  for  the  chase. 

In  the  distance  I  could  hear  the  barking.  Then  suddenly  the  noise 
became  louder  and  I  knew  they  were  after  me.  I  felt  quivers  go  up  my 
spine.  I  started  to  run. 

First  I  ran  down  to  the  creek,  but  one  of  them  must  have  found  my 
scent  because  the  barking  had  become  louder  again.  I  jumped  into  the 
creek.  I  was  so  scared  I  couldn't  swim,  so  I  drifted  downstream.  I 
climbed  out  at  the  weeping  willow. 

By  now  the  sun  was  up  and  there  was  a  small  breeze.  I  cou  Id  hear  the 
rustling  of  the  trees.  Then  I  noticed  the  smell  of  the  hounds  and  that 
meant  they  had  crossed  the  creek  instead  of  swimming  downstream. 
They  had  crossed  it  and  tried  to  pick  up  the  scent  again. 

They  had  gone  right  past  me.  The  scent  was  becoming  weaker.  I  was 
so  happy  I  rolled  over,  and  as  I  rolled  over  my  bushy  tail  rustled  in  the 
grass.  I  jumped  up  and  I  ran  as  fast  as  I  could  back  to  my  den. 

PATRICK  WILSON  7-2 


IT  CAN'T  BE 

Tom  Johns  watched  the  shadows  leap  across  his  four-cornered 
room.  He  shuddered.  He  thought  of  his  mother,  who  had  died  a  day 
earlier. 

His  eyes  started  to  drizzle.  He  v^aited  for  a  minute,  thinking,  staring  at 
his  mother's  picture  that  was  on  his  dresser.  His  hand  flicked  suddenly 
to  wipe  away  a  menacing  tear  that  was  trickling  down  his  chin. 

He  set  his  head  down  on  his  pillow  and  tried  to  go  to  sleep. 

"I  can't,"  he  shouted  with  tears  rolling  onto  his  pillow.  "It's 
impossible. "  And  it  was,  for  the  thought  of  his  mother  and  the  shadows 
leaping  over  his  room  made  it  impossible. 

The  door  opened  slowly.  The  dark  figure  of  a  woman  was  coming 
slowly,  slowly  towards  him. 

"It  can't  be,"  said  Tom,  staring  at  the  figure.  "Mummy." 

"It's  all  right,"  said  his  mother,  rubbing  the  tears  off  his  face.  "Go  to 
sleep." 

She  retreated  the  way  she  had  come.  But  wait.  Where  was  the  click  of 
the  door? 

Tears  were  still  staining  his  face. 

"Oh,  my  God,"  he  thought,  staring  at  the  door  which  was  still  closed. 
He  ran  to  it. 

"Mummy,"  he  screamed. 

His  father  ran  up  the  stairs. 

"It's  all  right,"  he  said  soothingly.  "Come  downstairs  and  we  will  talk 
about  it." 

"But,  but,"  he  said  stuttering,  "I  saw  her." 


"Yes,  son,"  said  his  father. 


SIMON  GOUGH  6-1 
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THE  FLOOTING  GEG 

Place  na  geg  into  a  stall  gloss  of  glopper,  and  swatch  it  slink  to  the 
mottom.  Add  a  flabesnoop  of  talt  to  the  glopper  and  narefully  snurr  it 
until  the  talt  disopples. 

By  the  stinne  you  have  flinished  thizz  ploopertion  the  geg  HI  I  be 
f looting  tat  the  snurface  of  the  glopper.  A  volume  of  talt  glopper 
snequal  to  the  volume  of  the  geg  shweighs  more  than  the  geg  and 
darefore  smushes  the  geg  to  the  snurface. 

MARK  SMITH  7-1 


THE  CONDEMNED  WHARF 

It  was  Monday  of  last  week  that  I  was  on  my  boat  in  the  Vancouver 
harbour.  The  sun  was  shining  and  through  the  stink  of  smog  from  the  city 
was  the  rich,  but  now  very  faint  smell  of  spring. 

I  was  just  passing  a  condemned  wharf  when  I  saw  a  young  man, 
running  as  quickly  as  he  could  with  something  long  and  black  under  his 
arm.  When  he  saw  me  he  jumped  into  a  shed.  I  thought  he  was  just  a 
teenager  who  was  skipping  school. 

About  a  mile  on  I  reached  my  dock  and  jumped  ashore.  There  was  a 
nasty  smell  of  tar  from  the  shipyard  at  the  next  wharf  where  they  were 
water-proofing  boats.  I  went  straight  to  Kate's  Coffee  Canteen,  a  coffee 
shop  just  off  the  wharf. 

It  was  crowded.  The  smell  of  cigarettes  and  noise  were 
unbe  lievab  le,  but  over  it  I  heard  the  radio  say,  "A  po  liceman  has  picked 
up  a  clue  to  the  whereabouts  of  the  thief  who  robbed  Robinson's  Store  in 
Victoria.  They  think  he  is  hiding  on  a  wharf  or  boat  in  the  harbour.  He  may 
be  armed  with  a  rifle." 

My  mind  went  straight  back  to  the  condemned  wharf  and  the  man.  I 
went  to  a  phone  and  dialed  the  number  of  the  police  station.  The  man 
said  he  would  remember  it  and  tell  his  sergeant.  I  became  mad  at  him; 
he  wouldn't  do  any  more  unless  there  was  proof. 

I  started  up  the  boat's  engine  and  went  back  to  the  wharf.  After 
climbing  the  ladder,  I  entered  the  shed  that  the  man  had  dived  into. 
There  was  a  whole  box  of  guns.  I  wanted  to  bring  back  a  pistol  as  proof. 
Just  then  the  man  came  out  from  behind  a  box  with  a  gun. 

"Don't  move,"  he  said  severely.  I  took  a  gamb  le  and  said ,  "The  police 
are  just  outside."  He  went  all  white  and  started  backing  up  to  the 
window  to  see.  Whoosh!  Bang!  He  fell  through  some  old  planks  on  the 
wharf  and  fired  a  shot.  I  picked  up  a  gun,  made  the  man  come  out  and 
led  him  off  the  wharf. 

When  we  were  on  land  a  policeman  came  running  up  to  us  and  said, 
"I  heard  shots." 

JEREMY  ELLIS  7-1 
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MAGIC 

It's  a  twist  of  the  wrist, 

To  prove  the  hand  is  quicker  than  the  eye. 

Is  It  luck  or  just  a  wish 

While  the  magician  tells  us  lies? 

With  a  whisk  of  his  wand, 

The  rabbit  is  gone. 

To  know  the  tricks  is  what  I  want, 

Then  I  could  always  fool  my  mom. 


As  I  was  walking  home  one  day 
I  met  a  little  pup. 

I  dropped  my  wallet  on  the  ground 
And  stooped  to  pick  it  up. 

He  snatched  the  wallet  from  my  hand 
And  then  began  to  run, 
Though  I  was  getting  pretty  mad 
He  thought  it  was  quite  fun. 

I  ran  until  I  got  a  cramp 

And  doubled  right  in  half, 

And  as  I  bent  there,  racked  with  pain, 

I'm  sure  I  heard  him  laugh. 

He  stood  there  jumping  up  and  down 
And  running  all  around: 
T'was  then  I  got  my  great  idea  - 
I'd  go  and  phone  the  pound. 

I  watched  him  frisking  merrily. 
Just  keeping  out  of  reach. 
"You  think  you  are  so  smart,"  I  said, 
"A  lesson  I  will  teach." 

I  walked  until  I  found  a  phone 
And  in  I  put  my  dime, 
I  looked  straight  at  that  dog  and  said, 
"We'll  see  who  laughs  this  time!" 

Five  minutes  passed,  but  no  one  came: 
Ten  minutes  -  nothing  yet. 
When  I  looked  up,  the  dog  was  there  - 
but  dangling  from  a  net! 

I  thanked  the  man  a  thousand  times, 
I'd  given  him  a  wreath. 
But  now  the  mutt  was  in  the  back  - 
Wly  keys  between  his  teeth! 


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C.  PROHOfVI  5 


SHAWN  NEELY  8-1 


LIMERICKS 

There  was  a  young  school  boy  named  Moat, 
Who  went  for  a  sail  in  a  boat. 
He  was  drinking  a  coke. 
When  the  glass  bottle  broke. 
And  spilled  all  over  his  coat. 


ROBERT  CREAM  7-1 


FRED  THE  BIRD 

There  was  once  a  bird  named  Fred. 

He  wasn't  owned  or  fed. 

He  was  about  three  years  old 

And  would  never  do  as  he  is  told. 

He  is  fast  and  can't  walk, 

But  he  can  talk  and  talk  and  talk. 

His  friend  Charlie  is  also  a  bird. 

Well,  that's  the  rumor  I've  heard. 

To  be  like  Fred,  I  would  like. 

Not  to  run,  not  to  hike, 

But  still,  as  long  as  I  am  me, 

I  will  walk  from  tree  to  tree. 


S.  GUTHRIE  4 


FLOWING  WATER 

A  trickling  mountain  stream 
Must,  in  time,  find  its  way 
To  the  sea.  to  the  sea. 

Past  many  a  lovely  site. 
Pure  sweet  mountain  flowers. 
Rocks  dressed  in  lush  moss  guilts. 

Merging  with  other  small 
Cascading  current  flows. 
Then,  splashing  and  crashing, 
A  churning  and  swirling. 
Over  smooth,  shiny  stones. 

Slowly  now, 
Lingering  awhile, 
But  gradually, 
To  the  sea  .  .  . 


ROSS  MEEK  10-1 
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JUST  ANOTHER  STATE  OF  MIND 

You  traded  the  lead  role  in  a  play 

for  a  negro  in  a  cage 

your  strange  beauty  fools  no  one 

virgin  sun  veiled  in  cold,  grey  ram. 

you  took  mother  nature,  pregnant  with  life 

raped  her 

throwing  her  aside,  once  fulfilled 

shy  lock  window 

held  by  robot  souls 

sunlight  ate  the  morning  away 

leaving  a  silver  invisible  in  its  place 

cotton  candy  curtains  shield  his  robed  highness 

sitting  lonely 

wondering  what  it  was  he  was  supposed  to  be  wondering 

protecting  spirits  joined  in  morning  Sundance 
leaving  behind  licorice  licked  lovelies,  looming 

lonely  over  broken  ground 
dreaming  of  those  holy  men  of  India 
bath'n  in  the  sacred  water  of  the  Ganges 
taken  in  all  that  energy 
meditating  with  their  buddhas 

travelling  in  transparent  spheres,  past  plains  of  reality 
through  eclipsed  moonlight 
to  a  seaweed-green  tunnel 
leading  over  mountains,  to  a  land  of  cascade  blue. 

to  tell  you  the  truth 

this  all  came  to  me  as  a  vision 

it  came  lipped 

loved 

and  sealed 

it  flew  free  of  weight 

arriving  in  five  pieces 

the  first  fragile  and  weak 

but  unmistakably  whole 

the  second,  straight 

the  third  joined  with  the  fourth 

creating  the  fifth 

it  too  unmistakably  whole. 

Matthew  DiCastn  12 
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SPORTS 


1st  XV  CAPTAIN'S  REPORT 

For  the  first  time  since  1962  the  first  fifteen  claimed  the  elusive  Independent 
Schools  Rugby  Championship.  In  the  same  year  the  squad  was  fortunate 
enough  to  win  the  Howard  Russell  Cup:  the  first  time  a  school  fifteen  has  won 
both  in  one  year.  When  one  looks  back  at  the  squad  in  September,  it  is  hard  to 
realize  that  those  fifteen  members  of  the  team  plus  the  numerous  reserves  would 
have  one  of  the  most  successful  records  in  school  history.  Though  the  players 
had  an  optimistic  outlook  for  the  season,  they  found  it  hard  to  maintain  their 
confidence  after  losing  their  first  two  exhibition  games.  But  the  team's  character 
and  drive  was  clearly  exhibited  as  they  went  on  to  win  1 0  out  of  the  following  1 2 
games. 

The  fifteen  itself  was  definitely  a  team.  There  were  very  few  outstanding 
players  that  it  could  rely  on  to  hold  them  up  but  every  member  who  played, 
contributed  enormously  to  the  game's  outcome.  For  the  first  part  of  the  year  there 
wasn't  an  actual  set  of  fifteen  players.  The  pack  was  always  the  same  (besides 
injury  substitution),  but  the  backs  were  forced  to  juggle  their  lineup  occasionally 
until  they  came  up  with  the  correct  combination. 

The  team's  strength  was  in  the  scrum.  It  was  small  but  by  no  means  weak  and 
over  the  year  became  extremely  skilled  and  well  disciplined.  The  front  row  of 
Jawl,  Beck  and  MacRae  was  a  definite  asset  to  the  team.  They  always 
managed  to  attain  more  than  their  share  of  possession.  Beck  rarely  found  an 
opposing  striker  who  could  beat  him  to  the  ball.  With  this  consistency  from  the 
front  row  the  back  row  was  able  to  run  numerous  plays  that  often  caught  the 
opposition  flat  footed.  The  second  row  of  DiCastn  and  Yzenbrandt  not  only 
provided  a  strong  push  in  the  sets  but  was  also  very  dangerous  in  the  lineouts. 
The  scrum,  once  again  centered  around  DiCastri,  whose  lineout  and  loose  play 
were  examples  to  be  followed.  David  Cousins  and  Bill  Ransford  were  the  break 
forwards.  They  were  small  compared  to  the  opposition  they  faced  over  the  year, 
but  they  always  performed  well,  often  creating  mayhem  around  the  base  of  the 
scrum.  Cousins  was  usually  found  discouraging  the  opposing  scrum  half  from 
picking  the  ball  up  while  Ransford  proved  to  be  an  excellent  deferent  for  any  fly 
half  wishing  to  catch  the  ball.  Billy  Hope  at  number  eight  was  also  an  asset  to  the 
side.  His  numerous  successful  pickups  and  role  in  'Fiji'  clearly  exhibited  his 
sense  for  the  ball  and  open  field.  The  scrum,  although  very  successful  in  lineouts 

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and  sets,  was  also  very  polished  in  looserucking.  Led  by  the  likes  of  DiCastri, 
Beck,  Jawl  and  MacRae  the  pack  on  numerous  occasions  got  possession  of  the 
ball  that  was  originally  in  the  opposing  side's  hands. 

The  backs  at  the  beginning  of  the  season  had  a  few  problems  which  became 
ironed  out  towards  the  end  of  the  first  term.  Led  by  Bruce  Moore,  they  soon 
gained  respect  from  the  other  side  and  became  well  noted  for  their  moves  in  the 
centre.  The  attack  was  well  balanced,  beginning  with  Tom  Hosie  at  scrum-half, 
whose  kicking  abilities  were  not  only  an  asset  to  our  offensive  moves 
but  on  some  occasions  proved  the  difference  when  our  side  became  hemmed 
inside  our  twenty-five.  Hosie  also  possessed  an  accurate  pass  which  was 
extremely  helpful  to  the  fly-half  Dave  Murrell.  Despite  his  size  Murrell  soon  gained 
confidence  and  became  a  definite  part  of  the  backs'  plan  of  attack.  Outside  of 
Murrell  lurked  the  ever-ready  Bruce  Moore  who  used  his  "swivel  hips"  and 
natural  ball  sense  to  break  through  the  opposing  line  or  steal  an  errant  pass.  His 
amazing  speed  left  his  opposite  number  baffled  on  numerous  occasions.  These 
talents  gave  our  back  line  something  to  key  around.  Outside  of  Moore  was  Tom 
Blades,  a  young  but  very  dangerous  centre,  who  along  with  Grant  Jones,  one  of 
the  wingers,  accounted  for  many  of  the  tallies  during  the  year.  In  the  second 
term  Blades  took  over  the  placekicking  duties  and  did  an  excellent  job  in 
earning  numerous  and  often  important  extra  points.  Grant  Jones  was  an 
excellent  winger  with  good  speed  and  strength.  If  he  found  that  he  was  not  able 
to  run  around  his  man  he  would  simply  go  over  him.  Bob  Adams  was  the  other 
winger  on  our  squad  and  was  noted  for  his  fearlessness  in  attack  and  defense. 
The  fullback  duties  were  slightly  split  over  the  year.  In  the  first  term,  Battersby 
was  found  doing  the  chores.  He  had  fine  kicking  ability  on  both  feet.  In  the 
second  term  Geoff  Smith,  who  had  been  doing  a  fine  job  for  the  second  fifteen, 
joined  the  first  fifteen.  He  possessed  great  speed  and  a  fearless  running  style 
which  helped  the  backs  immensely. 

Over  the  year  the  team  acquired  numerous  injuries,  but  was  lucky  to  have  so 
much  depth  in  players,  mostly  from  the  second  fifteen.  Men  like  Peers  and 
Endean  were  forced  to  play  several  important  games  and  the  absence  of  the 
regular  starters  was  hardly  noticed  as  their  replacements  performed  so  well. 
Cunningham  and  Blackstock  were  reserves  that  any  side  would  like  to  possess. 

The  Christmas  term  offered  ten  games  for  the  First  Fifteen.  Of  these  we  won 
six,  lost  three,  and  tied  one  The  season  opened  with  an  exhibition  match  against 
the  Castaway's  second  division  side  in  which  we  lost  by  a  score  of  20-0.  The 
game  was  an  indication  of  our  need  for  match  fitness  and  showed  some  signs  of 
inexperience  on  our  side.  Our  next  fixture  was  another  exhibition  match  against 
the  likes  of  Shawnigan.  Our  pack  controlled  the  ball  but  the  tackling  in  the  backs 
was  definitely  not  there  and  was  clearly  the  difference  in  the  game.  We  went 
down  heavily  but  the  score  was  not  a  fair  representation  of  the  play  in  the  game. 
The  loss  was  disheartening  but  our  side  was  becoming  fit.  The  next  game  was 
an  exhibition  match  against  the  University  of  Victoria  Jutes.  This  was  a  prep 
match  for  our  upcoming  game  against  St.  George's,  that  would  mark  the  start  of 
the  Independent  Schools'  League.  We  surprised  the  University  side  with  a  win; 
our  backs  were  starting  to  show  some  aggression. 

The  game  against  St.  George's  was  rewarding  for  our  side.  We  psyched 
ourselves  up  and  took  the  play  to  them,  the  result  being  a  shutout  victory.  The 
highlight  of  the  match  was  a  fine  try  scored  by  Grant  Jones.  The  play  began 
when  the  pack  got  possession  of  the  ball  from  a  loose  ruck  and  gave  it  to  the 
backs  who  in  turn  passed  the  ball  swiftly  to  the  wing  where  Jones  was  easily  able 
to  outstep  his  man  to  the  goalline.  The  game  clearly  showed  our  pack's  ability  to 
get  possession,  as  we  managed  to  take  nearly  all  the  ball  from  the  George's 
pack. 

Our  next  two  fixtures  were  exhibition  matches  against  Royal  Roads  and  again 
the  UVic  Jutes.  Both  the  teams  were  physically  bigger  and  rougher  than  our  side 

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but  both  found  it  extremely  difficult  to  just  run  all  over  us.  In  the  game  against 
Royal  Roads  they  found  our  size  was  not  representative  of  our  strength.  They 
held  a  slim  edge  in  score  until  the  end  second  half  when  Bruce  Moore  split  two 
defenders  and  burst  over  for  a  much  needed  tally.  We  had  the  lead  now  with  the 
game  in  injury  time  but  to  our  surprise  'Roads'  scored  off  the  kickoff  and  the 
conversion  assured  them  of  victory  as  time  had  run  out.  The  game  against  UVic 
was  similar  as  we  allowed  them  to  score  late  in  the  game  to  salvage  a  tie.  The 
team  learned  a  lesson  that  would  last  the  rest  of  the  year. 

Our  next  fixture  was  the  traditional  match  against  the  Old  Boys'  whom  we 
managed  to  outscore  by  16  points  in  drastic  field  conditions.  The  game  was 
played  on  the  hill  pitch  under  a  steady  downpour  but  good  play  was  enjoyed  by 
both  sides.  This  match  was  followed  by  an  easy  win  over  Parklands  once  again 
in  wet  conditions.  This  game  was  a  prep  match  for  the  likes  of  Brentwood. 

The  match  against  Brentwood  was  a  tough  game.  Brentwood  had  the  home 
team  advantage  but  this  year  our  side  was  not  psyched  out  by  the  usual 
Brentwood  antics.  The  game  was  tight  the  whole  way,  the  difference  coming 
from  a  try  by  Bob  Adams.  The  try  was  similar  to  the  one  scored  against  St. 
George's  except  this  ball  came  from  lineout  possession.  It  was  quickly  passed 
down  the  line  to  Adams  who  drove  for  the  tally,  unfortunately  injuring  his  head  at 
the  same  time.  Fullback  Browning  played  an  excellent  match.  He  made  two 
beautiful  clearing  kicks  towards  the  end  of  the  game  that  relieved  our  side  of 
great  pressure. 

This  victory  set  up  the  championship  game  against  Shawnigan  Lake  a  week 
later.  The  game  was  played  at  our  School,  so  we  had  the  home  team  advantage. 
Our  team  played  exceptionally  well  with  the  backs  tackling  at  their  best  and  the 
forwards  attaining  their  fair  share  of  possession.  The  sawdust  that  was  layed  on 
the  field  to  absorb  the  moisture  slowed  play  somewhat  but  the  pace  was  still  fast 
and  there  were  few  mistakes.  The  only  break  in  the  game  was  in  penalties  and 
Mike  Jawl  managed  to  convert  one.  Shawnigan  had  attempts  at  goal,  but  failed, 
and  the  game  and  the  Championship  were  ours.  It  was  the  first  time  since  1 962 
that  the  school's  team  had  won  the  Independent  Schools'  trophy,  which  made 
the  game  extremely  important  for  the  school  and  the  team.  The  game  also 
marked  Matthew  DiCastn's  50th  game  for  our  First  Fifteen.  After  this  game.  First 
Fifteen  colours  were  awarded  to  Jawl,  Moore  and  Ransford. 


INDEPENDENT  SCHOOL  LEAGUE  RESULTS 

School  vs.  St.  George  s    Won  10-0 
School  vs.  Brentwood     Wori  4-0 
School  vs.  Shawnigan     Won  3-0 
Points:  For  17;  Against  0. 

TOTAL  FIRST  TERM  RESULTS 

School  vs. 

Castaway's  2nd  XV  Lost  0-20 

Shawnigan  (away)  Lost  8-33 

Univ.  of  Victoria  Jutes  Won  10-4 

St.  George's  (home)  Won  10-0 

Royal  Roads  (away)  Lost  7-10 

Univ.  of  Victoria  Jutes  Draw  8-8 

Old  Boys  Won  22-6 

Parklands  (away)  Won  36-2 

Brentwood  (away)  Won  4-0 

Shawnigan  (home)  Won  3-0 


Independent  Schools'  Championship 
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The  second  term  opened  against  Belmont  in  which  we  fought  to  a  17  pt. 
victory  on  their  fields.  The  next  match  was  against  Claremont,  the  last  game 
before  the  High  School  league  starts.  We  were  hampered  by  injuries  but 
Drost,  Cunningham,  Peers  and  Humphreys  played  extremely  well  as  we 
earned  a  7-0  victory. 

The  start  of  the  High  School  League  was  a  game  with  Victoria  High  Scnool 
whom  we  handled  easily.  The  next  match  proved  even  easier  as  we  roughed 
Spectrum  by  41  pts.  This  game  was  the  first  start  at  fullback  for  Geoff  Smith  and 
he  performed  very  well.  Our  next  match  was  a  home  game  against  Claremont, 
which  would  be  a  tougher  contest  than  the  one  we  had  experienced  previously. 
We  outplayed  them  but  were  unable  to  capitalize  on  all  our  scoring  drives.  We 
lost  a  lot  of  the  ball  in  the  sets  as  our  hooker.  Beck  was  being  called  for  "foot  up" 
nearly  every  scrum.  This  led  to  many  penalty  opportunities  for  Claremont  and  in 
the  last  minute  of  play  they  scored  on  a  45  yd.  drop  goal  that  gave  them 
the  game  by  a  score  of  12-10. 

Our  frustrations  from  this  match  were  taken  out  in  the  next  game  against 
Belmont  whom  we  destroyed  in  posting  a  54  pt.  victory.  This  game  gave  us  great 
confidence  for  the  upcoming  game  against  our  arch  rivals.  Oak  Bay.  The  game, 
played  at  Royal  Athletic  Park,  proved  rewarding  as  our  side  played  an 
exceptional  match  in  posting  a  13-6  victory  with  Cousins  and  McRae  leading 
the  scoring.  After  this  match  First  Fifteen  colours  were  awarded  to  Beck, 
McRae  and  Hosie.  In  this  game  Hosie  injured  his  wrist  and  was  going  to  miss 
the  next  two  games.  Marcus  Endean,  his  replacement,  performed  extremely 
well  against  Mount  Douglas  High  whom  we  beat  35-0,  but  like  the  rest  of  the 
team  was  overcome  by  the  well  disciplined  and  skilled  Brynteg  Comprehensive 
side,  on  a  tour  from  Wales.  We  held  them  to  6  pts.  at  half  time  but  were  unable  to 
stop  their  relentless  attack  in  the  second  half  as  they  added  18  additional  pts  to 
the  score.  Nevertheless,  our  side  performed  well  as  these  were  the  same 
Welshmen  who  turned  us  back  by  42  points  a  year  ago. 

Our  next  match  was  extremely  important;  a  semi-final  playoff  game  against 
Claremont  on  their  home  fields.  Once  again  we  dominated  the  play  in  all  areas 
but  we  didn't  utilize  all  our  scoring  opportunities.  Part  way  through  the  second 
half  DiCastri  was  badly  injured  and  was  replaced  by  Yzenbrandt.  The  team  still 
played  well  but  with  one  minute  left  we  took  an  unnecessary  penalty  with  which 
they  scored  and  took  the  lead.  We  imagined  our  season  was  over  but 
unbelievably  we  managed  to  score  again.  After  overcoming  the  shock  we  were 
behind  with  one  minute  left,  the  team  knew  it  was  a  do  or  die  situation.  We  kicked 
off  and  managed  to  get  our  hands  on  the  ball,  long  enough  to  force  a  scrum  on 
the  right  side  of  the  field  in  their  end.  We  won  the  ball  from  the  scrum  and  our 
backrow  along  with  Hosie,  the  scrum-half,  ran  a  move  called  'D.C.  Right'.  Hosie 
got  the  ball  and  peeled  around  the  blind  side  taking  out  his  man  and  feeding 
Grant  Jones  for  the  winning  tally.  The  final  score  was  the  School  12,  Claremont 
1 1 .  After  the  game  colours  were  awarded  to  Hope  and  Cousins  who  both  played 
an  exceptionally  good  match.  The  match  was  full  of  excitement  but  probably  the 
best  part  of  the  game  was  a  try  scored  by  Billy  Ransford.  He  raced  for  25  yards, 
employing  a  newly  found  side-step  and  his  elusive  size  to  foil  Claremont 
defenders.  The  match  against  Claremont  also  marked  the  50th  1  st  XV  game  for 
Mike  Jawl. 

This  victory  led  to  the  all  important  Howard  Russell  game  against  Oak  Bay.  The 
match  was  extremely  tight  throughout.  Both  sides  were  playing  exceptional 
rugby.  The  difference  in  the  game  would  come  through  mistakes,  which  Oak 
Bay  was  the  first  to  make.  It  occured  off  a  set  scrum  near  midfield.  We  got  the  ball 
and  scrum  half,  Hosie,  went  open  and  kicked  over  the  opposing  backs  to  their 
winger  who  was  in  the  fullback  position.  Bruce  Moore  and  Grant  Jones  rushed 
up  in  attack  forcing  the  man  to  drop  the  ball.  Moore  scooped  it  up  and  raced 

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over  the  goal  line  for  the  tally  and  Tom  Blades  converted  so  the  score  was  set  at 
6-0.  Oak  Bay  scored  off  a  penalty  goal  and  the  score  remained  6-3  at  half  time.  In 
the  second  half  we  took  over  again.  Our  next  try  was  the  result  of  a  change  of 
direction  in  the  centers  that  left  Oak  Bay  tacklers  standing  still.  The  ball  finally 
ended  in  the  hands  of  Grant  Jones  who  outclassed  his  opponent  to  the  goalline. 
At  the  fifty-five  minute  mark  Peers  came  in  for  injured  Yzenbrandt  and  did  a 
magnificent  job  by  destroying  Oak  Bay's  lineout  ball.  Oak  Bay  managed  another 
penalty  goal  but  it  was  not  enough,  as  time  ran  out  and  for  the  second  straight 
year  the  Howard  Russell  Cup  was  ours. 

TEAM  RESULTS 

Belmont  (away)  Won  23-6 

Claremont  (home)  Won  7-0 

Victona  High  Shool  (home)     Won  30-6 

Spectrum  (home)  Won  41-0 

Claremont  (home)  Lost  12-10 

Belmont  (home)  Won  58-4 

Oak  Bay  (R.A.  Park)  Won  13-6 

Mount  Douglas  Won  35-0 

Brynteg  Comp.  Lost  0-24 

Claremont  (away)  Won  12-11 

Oak  Bay  (R.A.  Park)  Won  10-6      Howard  Russell  Cup 

Though  this  game  usually  marks  the  end  of  rugby  for  the  year  the  team 
decided  to  enter  in  the  B.C.  Spring  Tournament  which  began  on  May  7.  We 
failed  to  do  any  training  but  nevertheless  we  did  fairly  well.  We  advanced 
through  the  preliminary  rounds  winning  three,  40  minute  games  and  advancing 
into  the  semi-finals.  In  the  semi-finals  we  had  to  play  Kelowna  whom  we  defeated 
4-0  in  a  poorly  played  game.  That  put  our  team  into  the  finals  at  Royal  Athletic 
Park  where  we  played  the  undefeated  Lord  Tweedsmuir  side  who  had 
slaughtered  all  their  opposition  up  until  this  point. 

The  game  against  Lord  Tweedsmuir  was,  if  anything,  a  heartbreak.  They 
opened  the  scoring  within  the  first  few  minutes  and  it  seemed  to  us  that  they 
were  going  to  live  up  to  their  undefeated  record.  But  halfway  through  the  first  half 
Tom  Blades  made  use  of  a  penalty  by  Tweedsmuir  and  the  score  was  then  6-3. 
Soon  our  scrum  regained  its  composure  and  with  this  the  backs  began  to 
receive  more  ball  and  we  managed  to  add  a  tally.  It  came  off  a  loose  ruck,  just 
over  midfield  in  their  end.  The  ball  went  out  the  line  to  Clark  Blackstock,  who  was 
playing  for  the  injured  Bob  Adams.  Blackstock  used  the  combination  of 
moderate  speed  and  a  deceiving  running  style  to  elude  the  defender.  That 
made  the  score  7-6  in  our  favour  and  it  remained  the  same  until  half  time.  We 
came  out  flying  in  the  second  half  and  Tom  Blades  managed  another  penalty 
goal  to  increase  our  lead  to  4  pts.  Before  Lord  Tweedsmuir  could  get  settled 
again  we  put  on  another  6  pts.  The  try  came  from  a  set  scrum  deep  in  our  own 
end.  We  won  the  ball  and  it  came  down  the  line  to  Bruce  Moore  who  split  past  his 
opposition  and  kicked  ahead  to  the  Lord  Tweedsmuir  fullback.  Their  fullback 
upon  seeing  Moore  and  Jones  bearing  down  on  him  attempted  to  kick  the  ball 
into  touch  but  he  managed  to  kick  it  into  his  own  end  zone  and  Moore  easily  beat 
him  to  the  ball.  Tom  Blades  converted  and  the  score  was  1 6-6  in  our  favour.  Lord 
Tweedsmuir  fought  back  and  added  an  unconverted  try.  They  kept  the  pressure 
on  us  for  the  remaining  ten  minutes.  We  were  holding  them  in  our  own  twenty-five 
but  on  the  last  play  of  the  game  they  scored  a  try  and  the  conversion  tied  the 
game.  The  referee  decided  to  play  a  sudden  death  overtime  period.  Our  team 
was  out  of  steam  and  we  allowed  them  to  score  in  the  first  few  minutes  of  play, 
thus,  losing  the  game. 

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BRITISH  COLUMBIA  SPRING  TOURNAMENT 

School  vs. 

North  Kamloops     Won  11-4 

Quesnel     Won  24-3 

South  Delta     Won  6-3 

Senni-finals  vs.  Kelowna    Won  4-0 

Final  vs.  Lord  Tweedsmuir     Lost  16-20  (after  extra  time) 

On  behalf  of  the  First  Fifteen  I  would  like  to  thank  Mr.  Wenman  for  his  patience 
and  assistance,  Mrs.  Harlow  for  her  never  ending  job  of  cleaning  and  mending 
our  uniforms,  and  to  Mr.  Walsh,  our  patient  coach,  for  making  the  year  not  only  a 
successful  one,  but  also  one  thoroughly  enjoyed  by  all  the  members  of  the  team. 

Final  Results  were  as  follows: 
Played  21,  Won  15,  lost  5,  drawn  1 
Points:  For  349:  Against  156 
*These  figures  do  not  include  the  B.C.  Tournament. 

Michael  Jawl 


FIRST  XV  CHARACTERS  1975-76 

SMITH  (full  back)  — A  natural  footballer  whose  all-round  ability  allowed  him  to 
perform  competently  at  full  back,  centre  or  wing.  His  confidence  and  speed 
off  the  mark  were  frequently  used  to  initiate  attacks  from  unpromising 
defensive  situations. 

JONES  (right  wing)  —  His  explosive  pace,  and  convincing  sidestep  brought  him 
a  number  of  fine  tries.  Although  a  prolific  scorer,  he  has  yet  to  overcome  a 
strange  reluctance  to  dive  for  the  line. 

BLADES  (centre)  —  A  stylish  runner  whose  exact  timing  of  his  pass  provided  the 
wingers  with  room  to  manoevre,  and  as  his  confidence  increased,  he  was 
able  to  overcome  his  defensive  uncertainty.  During  the  second  half  of  the 
season,  he  enjoyed  considerable  success  as  the  team's  place-kicker. 

MOORE  (centre)  —  III  at  ease  in  this  position  during  the  opening  stages  of  the 
season,  he  soon  adapted  his  skills  to  provide  the  necessary  thrust  in  the 
centre.  His  ability  to  retain  the  ball  until  forward  support  arrived,  produced 
much  quality  possession  from  second  phase  situations.  The  opening  try  in 
the  Howard  Russell  Final  typified  his  flair  for  transforming  opposition  errors 
into  scoring  chances. 

ADAMS  (left  wing)  —  A  fearless  performer  whose  total  physical  commitment 
fully  compensated  for  a  lack  of  speed  and  the  flaws  in  his  basic  handling 
skills. 

MURRELL  (fly  half)  —  For  much  of  the  season  he  lacked  the  confidence  to 
develop  his  undeniable  potential.  His  defensive  work,  at  first,  almost 
non-existent,  has  improved  rapidly  and  his  touch  kicking  has  begun  to 
approach  a  reasonable  length.  Once  he  has  learned  how  to  distribute  the 
ball,  his  attacking  flair  should  pay  handsome  dividends. 

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HOSIE  (scrum  half)  —  An  intelligent  and  polished  performer,  he  had  the  ability  to 
read  the  game  and  dictate  the  pattern  of  play.  He  demonstrated  exemplary 
technique  in  his  line-kicking  and  his  prodigious  pass,  though  sometimes 
wayward  in  direction,  gave  the  back  division  ample  time  to  launch  their 
attacks. 

JAWL  -  captain  (prop)  —  His  size,  strength,  and  scrummaging  experience 
made  a  sizeable  contribution  to  the  dominance  so  frequently  achieved  in  the 
set  pieces.  A  great  competitor  himself,  he  was  able  to  bring  the  best  out  of  his 
team  with  his  infectious  enthusiasm. 

BECK  (hooker)  —  His  lightning  strike  proved  to  be  one  of  the  outstanding 
features  of  the  season.  A  rapacious  performer  in  the  loose,  he  revelled  in  the 
more  abrasive  forward  exchanges. 

McRAE  (prop)  —  The  third  member  of  a  highly  successful  front  row,  he 
possessed  the  skill  to  provide  a  flow  of  quality  possession  from  set  piece 
play.  Fully  at  ease  m  the  open,  he  was  often  at  hand  to  complete  try  scoring 
attacks. 

Dl  CASTRI  (second  row)  —  Much  of  the  packs  success  was  founded  on  his 
exceptional  talents.  His  superior  skills  and  vast  experience  -  60  appearances 
for  the  1st  XV  -  provided  a  constant  source  of  inspiration  to  the  team. 

YZENBRANDT  (second  row)  —  His  height  and  jumping  ability  made  him  a 
valuable  asset  in  the  middle  of  the  line  out.  An  effective  scrummager  in  the 
set,  he  still  lacks  the  co-ordination  to  make  the  most  of  his  size  in  the  loose. 

RANSFORD  (flanker)  —  A  vastly  improved  player  whose  positional  sense  and 
stern  tackling  time  and  again  thwarted  attacks  which  had  breached  the  first 
line  of  defence.  His  attacking  repertoire  included  a  dummy  pass  which  he 
used  to  score  a  memorable  try  in  the  semi-final  of  the  Howard  Russell  Cup. 

HOPE  (No.  8)  —  A  fine  jumper,  he  gained  invaluable  possession  in  the  Howard 
Russell  Final  after  injury  had  deprived  the  team  of  its  line  out  specialists.  In 
the  open  play,  he  used  his  speed  to  provide  effective  defensive  cover  and  to 
maintain  the  momentum  of  the  attack. 

COUSINS  (flanker)  —  An  uncompromising  tackier,  he  possessed  the 
acceleration  to  harass  the  opposition  backs  into  constant  error.  In  attack,  he 
exploited  the  fringes  of  the  scrum,  combining  effectively  with  the  scrumhalf  to 
create  situations  with  scoring  potential.  Although  his  handling  remained 
fallible,  his  surges  in  the  open  field  tested  the  sternest  defences. 

RESERVES 

PEERS  (back  row)  —  A  utility  forward  whose  aggresive  approach  was  matched 
With  complete  disregard  for  his  own  physical  well  being.  He  appeared  in  the 
final  quarter  of  both  the  Howard  Russell  Cup  and  the  Spring  Tournament. 

H.  CUNNINGHAM  (second  row)  —  A  hefty  and  diligent  scrummager,  he 
provided  useful  support  in  the  line  out.  He  compensated  for  his  lack  of  pace 
by  his  ability  to  make  the  ball  available  at  the  mauls. 

K.F.  CHAN  (hooker)  —  His  few  appearances  in  the  1st  XV  showed  that  he  had 
the  technique  and  speed  of  strike  to  win  more  than  parity  in  the  set.  In  the 
loose,  he  was  an  inconspicuous  but  effective  worker. 

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C.  TURNER  (front  row)  —  Unlucky  not  to  make  an  appearance  in  the  1st  XV,  he 
provided  the  abrasive  opposition  required  to  maintain  the  competitive  edge 
in  the  senior  front  row. 

BATTERSBY  (full  back)  —  A  useful  footballer  who  still  lacks  the  confidence  to 
make  the  most  of  his  potential.  On  his  day,  a  very  useful  place-kicker. 

BLACKSTOCK  (centre  or  wing)  —  After  making  only  the  odd  appearance  for  the 
1st  XV  he  raised  the  level  of  his  game  to  produce  a  number  of  full  blooded 
performances  at  the  end  of  the  season.  His  powerful  running  and  incisive 
tackling  were  one  of  the  highlights  of  the  Spnng  Tournament  Final. 

M.A.W. 


IstXVRugby  ,        --.  ,:iis,  G  Jones.  T,  Blades.  D  Yzenljrdiuit,  M  DiCastri.  W. 

Hope,  D.  Murrell.  C.  Blackstock,  M.  Endean. Seated:  D.  Cousins,  J.  Beck,  B.  Moore,  M. 
Jawl,  T.  Hosie,  W.  Ransford,  R-.  McRae. 


SECOND  XV  1975-1976 

The  season  started  slowly,  and  the  team  hadn't  had  a  full  practice  by  the  time 
we  played  Shawnigan,  mainly  because  of  conflict  in  other  areas  of  school 
activities.  A  well  prepared  Shawnigan  side  did  the  expected  but  we  played  with 
determination  and  it  was  obvious  that  the  side  had  potential.  As  the  term 
progressed  enthusiasm  and  effort  at  practices  increased  until  we  were  able  to 
play  competently  against  our  own  First  XV.  The  good-natured  rivalry  that 
developed  did  much  to  account  for  the  success  of  both  teams,  and  all  the 
training  seemed  worthwhile  for  we  won  our  first  Independent  School  victory  of 
the  season  against  St.  George's.  In  the  meantime  we  played  and  beat  several 
local  schools  in  preparation  for  the  long  awaited  match  against  Brentwood.  This 
match,  played  at  Brentwood,  was  the  highlight  of  the  season,  but  for  the  first  ten 
minutes  we  had  our  backs  to  the  wall  playing  two  short  because  two  players 
(who  shall  go  nameless)  were  a  little  late.  Once  at  full  strength  we  looked  a  good 
side  and  were  worthy  winners  over, a  much  bigger  side.  The  return  match  with 


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Shawnigan  was  narrowly  lost,  but  the  game  was  a  credit  to  both  sides  who 
played  good  rugby. 

The  following  represented  the  Second  XV  and  are  to  be  congratulated  on  a 
fine  season:  C.  Turner,  K.F.  Chan,  X.  Abrioux,  H.  Cunningham,  B.  Chui,  J. 
Humphrey,  C.  Gareau.  W.  McAlpine,  B.  Peers,  M.  Endean  (Captain),  K. 
Battersby.  C.  Blackstock.  G.  Smith,  R.  Wilson,  D.  Kirk,  E.  Flanagan,  M.  Drost. 

J,W. 


2ndXV Rugby    Standing:  M.  Drost,  K.  Battersby.  B.  Peers.  C.  Gareau,  B.  Chui.  X. 
Abrioux.  H.  Cubbage.  E.  Flanagan:  Seated  S.  Chan,  R.  Wilson,  C.  Turner,  M.  Endean,  D. 
Kirk,  H.  Cunningham,  C.  Blackstock. 


3rd,  4th  Rugby    Standing:  A.  Delgado,  J.  Chan,  D.  Yue,  A.  Ma.  W  McAlpine,  M.  Gibbs, 
R  Ellington,  M  Whitley,  S.Wong,  A.  Wong,  N.  Phanphensophon.  W,  Hui,S.  Chow:  Seafec/.- 
M.  Houghton.  A.  Yong,  D  Carev,  M.  Cottrell,  M  Locke,  H.  Cubbage,  P  Blair,  I.  Burchett, 
E.H.Ching. 


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THIRD  FIFTEEN  AND  FOURTH  FIFTEEN 

The  1 975  Season  was  not  a  success  for  the  Third  &  Fourth  Fifteens  in  terms  of 
victories  on  the  field.  It  was,  however,  a  success  in  terms  of  experience  gained 
by  the  new  players.  As  in  the  past,  most  of  the  players  were  "rookies"  and  were 
not  able  to  deal  with  the  opposition  on  equal  terms.  This  is  unfortunate,  but 
should  not  be  discouraging  for  next  year  these  players  will  advance  to  better 
teams.  Special  praise  must  go  to  all  of  the  "rookies"  who,  week  after  week,  laid 
their  inexperienced  bodies  on  the  line. 

Some  of  these  players  were  H.  Cubbage,  M.  Locke,  A.  Wilkinson,  P.  Blair,  A. 
Delgado,  W.  McAlpine  and  M,  Witwicki. 

J.M. 


SENIOR  COLTS 

This  year's  Senior  Colts  were  a  successful  team,  not  only  because  of  their 
won-lost  record,  but  also  because  of  their  general  attitude  to  the  game  and 
maturity  on  the  field,  win  or  lose. 

The  main  strength  of  the  team  lay  with  the  forwards,  who  were  rarely 
dominated  in  the  set  or  loose  play.  Unfortunately,  the  inability  of  the  backs  to 
capitalize  on  the  wealth  of  possession  caused  many  an  anxious  moment  on  the 
touchline. 

One  of  the  highlights  of  the  season  was  a  match  in  early  April  against  the  very 
experienced  Brynteg  Grammar  School  (Wales)  Second  XV.  The  Colts  more  than 
held  their  own,  saving  many  a  dangerous  situation  with  excellent  defensive  play. 

All  the  games  before  Christmas  were  played  against  the  Independent 
Schools  whilst  the  second  half  of  the  season  was  played  in  the  Public  School 
League.  The  team  reached  the  City  Championships  for  the  third  consecutive 
year. 

The  final  game  was  played  against  Colquitz  and  it  was  in  this  game,  against  a 
far  larger  team,  that  the  Senior  Colts  showed  their  tremendous  maturity. 
Although  emotions  were  running  high,  not  once  did  they  lower  their  standards. 

My  sincere  thanks  to  the  whole  team  for  a  most  enjoyable  season  and 
especially  to  Mark  Philbrook  (hooker)  who  led  them  so  ably.  Although  it's  difficult 
to  single  out  any  individual  player,  I  feel  Claude  Van  Ham  (2nd  row)  must  be 
commended  for  some  truly  outstanding  work  in  the  forwards. 

D.V.H. 

PLAYING  RECORD 

vs.  Parklands  (Home)  Won  32-0 
vs.  Shawnigan  (Away)  Lost  14-4 
vs.  Parklands  (Away)  Won  14-6 
vs.  St.  George's  (Home)  Lost  13-0 
vs.  Glenlyon  (Away)  Won  12-0 
,vs.  Edmonds  (Home)  Won  8-6 
vs.  Shawnigan  (Home)  Won  11-4 
vs.  Brentwood  (Away)  Lost  12-0 
vs.  Glenlyon  (Home)  Won  14-0 
vs.  Oak  Bay  (Home)  Won  29-0 
vs.  Belmont  (Away)  Won  12-0 
vs.  Lansdowne  (Away)  Lost  4-0 
vs.  Arbutus  (Away)  Won  18-0 
vs.  Claremont  (Away)  Won  4-0' 

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vs.  Central  (Home)  Won  38-3 
vs.  Cedarhill  (Away)  Won  34-0 
vs.  Arbutus  (Home)  Lost  14-12 
vs.  Colquitz  (Away)  Won  7-0 
vs.  Arbutus  (Away)  Won  6-0 
vs.  Brynteg  (Home)  Lost  16-0 
vs.  Claremont  (Away)  Won  12-4 
vs.  Colquitz  (Away)  Lost  10-4 

POINTS  —  For  274     Against  114 
TOP  SCORER  —  S.  Nutt  15  tries 


Senior  Colts  XV     bicttiuiiiy   I'vi  urusi.  ij  ncaUci ,  v^  ^aftau.  lJ  r'f  imp,  ri   vvuSuii.iJ 
Townsend,  C.  Van  Ham,  J.  Ison,  M.  Endean,  E.  Flanagan.  W.  Vanderspek,  M.  Dempsey,  J. 
Cunningham;  Seated:  A  Cheng.  A  Yong,  M.  Turner.  M.  Houghton,  M  Philbrook,  R. 
Oswald.  H.  Cubbage.  R.  Lohrasb,  S.  Nutt. 


Junior  Colts  XV    Standing:  B.  MacMillan,  R.  Armstrong.  S.  Minckler,  M.  Owen,T 
Todesco,  P.  Briggs.  S.  Ellington,  R.  McPhie.  D.  Achtem,  J.  Marsden:  Seated:  J.  Gough,  J. 
Hudson,  W.  Vanderspek,  D.  Carbol,  L.  Giles.  R  LeNoury,  G.  Cuckovitch,  J.  Ellis: Franf.-  N. 
Paterson,  P.  Greenhalgh. 


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JUNIOR  COLTS  XV 


The  season  started  and  ended  in  fine  style.  In  between 

was  ably  led  by  Lindsay  Giles  and  W.  Vanderspek. 

Shawnigan  Won  20-8 

St.  Georges  Lost    0-28 
Belnnont  Fisher 

(Senior  Colts)             .  Lost    0-4 
Edmonds  Jnr.  High 

(Senior  Colts)  Lost    8-9 

St.  George's  Lost    0-10 

Brentwood  Lost    0-16 

Shawnigan  Won  26-0. 


well!!  The  team 


JUNIOR  JUNIOR  COLTS 

RECORD:     Played  8  Won  5  Lost  3 

It  was  a  season  of  minor  disappointments  and  major  frustrations.  The 
frustrations  arose  from  the  fact  that  by  the  end  of  the  season  we  had  three 
separate  teams  at  this  age  level  but  were  unable,  once  the  Independent 
School  season  was  over,  to  find  any  opposition  to  play  against. 

Disappointments  occurred  in  the  4-0  defeat  by  St.  George's  after  an 
outstanding  game  of  rugby  by  both  teams,  and  the  loss  to  Brentwood,  where 
the  absence  of  a  number  of  our  big  men  and  woefully  weak  tackling  led  to  our 
downfall  in  the  mud. 

Only  once  during  the  season  did  we  have  our  full  strength  team  out  and  this 
led  to  a  34-0  victory  over  Glenlyon.  The  latter  half  of  the  season  saw  many 
spirited  inter-squad  games  as  well  as  a  tough  inter-house  competition. 

Highlights  of  the  season  were  McLean's  cool  captaincy,  Travis's  dummy, 
Frame's  sidestep  and  Kovach's  many  tries. 

Peter  Gallagher 


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Junior  Junior  Colts     Standing  M.  Young,  G.  Wohlgescliallen.  M  Barber,  B  Vieser,  J. 
Olafson,  S  Lindsay.  R.  Frame,  G.  Owen,  R,  Exner,  B.  Backhaus,  A.  Graeme,  L,  Murray: 
Seated:  E.  Cunningham,  N.  Askew,  R,  Croll,  M.  Kendrick,  R.  fyiacLean.  D,  Cooper,  V 
Kovach,  H.  Henry,  D.  Budysnki :  Fronf;  D,  Home,  G.  Harris,  R.  McGovern,  C,  Travis,  D. 
Bertram,  B  Smith. 


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SENIOR  SOCCER 

This  year  the  St.  Michaels  University  School  Senior  Soccer  team  was  the 
novice  team  in  the  Greater  Victoria  Senior  Secondary  Soccer  League. 

The  team  formed  for  the  1 3  games  played  during  the  period  of  September  1 9 
to  October  31  was  composed  of  grades  10  and  1 1  boys  who  had  no  previous 
experience  in  this  soccer  league.  Therefore,  this  first  year  was  a  tough  and 
gruelling  season  for  our  team. 

This  valuable  experience  is  a  necessary  prerequisite  for  entering  the  league. 
Our  boys  showed  continuous  improvement  throughout  the  games  right  up  to  0L]r 
not  too  disappointing  defeat  at  the  hands  of  Mount  Douglas,  the  score  being  2- 1 . 
This  is  excellent  considering  Mount  Douglas  finished  in  second  position  in  our 
division. 

The  experience  gained  this  year  will  afford  us  far  more  promise  for  the  league 
title  next  year. 

S.  Hurton 


1st  Soccer    Standing:  K.  Battersby,  D.  Sung,  R.  Martinez.  A.  Ma,  G.  Chan,  E.H.  Ching, 
D.  Murrell; Seated.-  A.  Yong,  M.  Houghton,  M.  Drost,  J.  Chin,  S.  Nutt. 


UNDER  14  XI 

This  IS  potentially  a  promising  side.  Under  Victor  Kovach  as  captain  they 
played  constructive  football  but  lacked  a  real  determination  when  the  occasion 
demanded  a  little  extra.  All  games  were  close.  Against  Royal  Oak,  where  we  tied 
2-2,  the  forwards  managed  to  hit  the  goal  post  nine  times  without  actually  finding 
the  net.  As  this  was  our  first  game  we  hoped  for  good  results  later  in  the  season. 
However  the  shots,  alas,  were  all  too  often  saved.  We  beat  Cliffside  2-0.  Lost  to 
Arbutus  1-2  and  again  to  Lansdowne  0-2.  The  Junior  Highs  were  good  sides 
and  we  did  well  to  hold  them  so  close.  We  are  indebted  to  Peter  LeidI  for  some 
solid  defence  and  to  the  halves  Douglas  Bertram,  Chns  Travis  and  Roy  Paterson 
for  trying  to  work  the  bail  intelligently.  In  the  Forwards  we  had  some  very  skillful 
players,  notably  the  wings  Peter  Skillings  and  Ross  MacLean.  Both  played 
extremely  well.  M.  Kendrick,  D.  Porter,  and  J.  Watchie  also  had  their  good 
days.  Also  played  were  S.  Logan,  M.  Barber,  C.  Bell,  J.  Croll  and  D.  Maxwell. 


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Under  14Soccer    Standing:  S.  Chan,  D.  Lee,  C.  Bell,  D.  Porter,  C.  Travis; Seafec/;  R. 
MacLeari,  V.  Kovach,  M.  Barber,  N^  Paterson,  D,  Bertram:  Front:  M.  Kendrick,  R. 
Patterson,  P.  Skillings,  S.  Logan. 


Under  16Soccer  Squad    Standing:  W.  Tsang,  D.  Lee,  P.  Greenhaigh,  S.  Ellington,  P. 
Briggs,  R.  LeNoury,  J.  Ellis,  R.  Lann;  Seated:  C.  Bell,  R.  Kendrick,  S,  Nutt,  N.  Paterson,  R. 
Patterson;  Front:  S.  Chan,  P.  Skillings,  D.  Porter,  R.  MacLean. 


UNDER  16  XI 

Played  2    Won  2     Both  games  against  Glenlyon  School. 

In  the  first  game  we  won,  a  shade  fortunately,  by  2-0.  In  the  return  match  at 
Henderson  we  were  the  better  side.  In  a  strong  wind  we  put  two  goals  in  by  half 
time.  The  first  by  Peter  Skillings  was  a  strong  shot  from  the  right  wing.  Duncan 
Lee  scored  the  other  from  inside  the  penalty  area.  In  the  second  half  Glenlyon 
fought  back  and  put  one  past  Peter  Bnggs  in  goal.  This  was  the  only  score  and 


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the  2-1  win  was  deserved.  Stephen  Nutt,  Bob  Kendrick,  Peter  Briggs.  Jamie  Ellis, 
Peter  Skillmgs,  Duncan  Lee,  David  Porter.  Sam  Chan.  Peter  LeidI,  Paul 
Veerkamp  all  played  very  commendably. 

Also  played  were  W.  Vanderspek,  S.  Ellington,  D.  Rcoper,  R.  Tomsett,  R. 
Maclean,  V.  Kovach,  R.  Lam,  P.  Greenhaigh,  and  R.  Le  Noury  who  captained 
the  first  game  but  then  had  to  withdraw  in  favour  of  play  rehearsals. 

J.J.  Goodwin 
SAILING  CLUB 

Although  we  have  not  had  much  sailing  at  Oak  Bay.  the  Club  Members 
worked  hard  in  the  fall  months  to  repaint  all  our  craft.  The  four  Flying  Juniors  look 
very  smart  in  their  new  blue  coats.  The  decks  sparkle  in  four  different  colours. 
The  Davidson  and  Sabots  also  look  very  much  better.  We  hope  in  the  spnng  to 
test  our  skill  with  some  racing  at  the  local  Yacht  Club.  Meanwhile  during  the 
winter  we  plan  to  overhaul  the  rigging  and  sails,  two  of  which  will  have  to  be 
renewed.  My  thanks  to  all  those  who  worked  so  hard. 

Members:  M.  Locke.  J.  Fabbiani,  D.  Hill,  C.  Gareau,  C.  Galeoti,  S.  Downey, 
B.  Downey.  D.  Conor.  C,  Keays,  B,  Little,  R.  Shuttleworth.  R.  Tomsett. 

J.J.  Goodwin 


Senior  Basketball    Standing:  K.H.  Lim.F.  Mosti,  R.  Martinez,  S,  Tam:  Seated."  A.Chen, 
B.Criui.L.  Lo. 

BASKETBALL 

The  basketball  team  this  year  compnsed  two  returning  players  from  last 
year.  Ellington  and  Carev.  The  rest  were  newcomers.  We  played  in  the  local 
juvenile  league  and  did  quite  well  and  it  looked  as  if  the  team  was  beginning  to 
meld  together.  Players  like  C.S.  Tan  and  Ellington  led  the  team  and  controlled 
the  floor  when  the  play  was  good.  Carev  became  the  playmaker  and  it  looked 
as  if  the  team,  although  lacking  in  depth  and  experience,  would  do  reasonably 
well  in  the  Independent  Schools'  Tournament.  In  the  end,  the  truth  told.  When  the 

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pressure  was  on,  our  lack  of  experience  showed  and  we  did  not  play  our  style  of 
game.  When  the  team  played  well  they  were  exciting  to  watch  and  belonged  on 
the  floor.  When  the  play  was  poor  they  did  not  look  as  if  they  belonged  there. 

H.E. 
SWIMMING 


The  1975-76  year  was  fairly  good  for  the  school  swim  team.  Although  there 
was  not  the  interest  and  success  of  last  year,  several  swimmers 
turned  in  sufficient  performances  to  bring  some  recognition  to  the  school. 

Our  boys  won  the  Independent  Schools  Senior  Trophy  at  St.  George's, 
Vancouver,  in  March.  John  Ellis  and  Bill  Hope  won  three  events  apiece  and 
Dave  Pickles  had  first  place  in  two  events  as  this  trio  cleaned  up  the  open 
section  by  nearly  80  points. 

In  the  city  meet,  we  combined  with  Norfolk  House  and  place  8th  overall  in  both 
the  All  Schools'  Relays  and  the  City  Championships.  Further  qualifying  meetsfor 
the  B.C.  Championship  placed  us  6th  on  the  Island  and  at  the  B.C. 
Championship  John  Ellis  and  Bill  Hope  captured  two  gold  medals  each  and 
would  have  had  a  third  gold  medal  had  not  the  4  x  50  relay  been  disqualified 
on  a  technicality. 

Congratulations  are  in  order  for  John  Ellis  and  Bill  Hope.  The  former  attended 
both  the  Canadian  Olympic  Trials  in  Toronto  and  the  Canadian  Winter 
Swimming  Championships  in  Brantford.  The  latter  competed  in  a  dual  meet 
against  Florida  in  Fort  Lauderdale  at  Christmas. 

The  Junior  and  Under  14  teams  hadn't  the  power  nor  depth  of  previous  years. 
This  was  a  result  of  not  having  a  real  coach  for  most  of  the  year.  The  younger 
swimmers  placed  well  in  the  city,  but  their  lack  of  training  became  apparent  in 
the  different  strokes.  Such  individuals  as  Dave  Conor,  Ian  Burchett,  Tom  Blades 
and  Ian  Graeme  deserve  commendation  as  enthusiastic  performers  who  often 
surprised  themselves  by  swimming  what  they  considered  the  impossible  and 
doing  their  best  in  the  process. 

W.H. 
TENNIS 

It  was  our  busiest  and  most  successful  season  yet.  In  the  High  School 
league  we  were  combined  with  a  very  talented  team  from  Norfolk  House 
School  and  won  all  of  our  matches.  The  closest  result  was  an  8  sets  to  3  sets 
victory  over  Oak  Bay  High.  This  made  us  the  city  championships  and  qualified 
us  to  take  part  in  the  B.C.  Championships,  but  unfortunately  the  girls  had  a 
prior  commitment  and  we  had  to  default. 

Our  success  was  continued  in  the  Independent  School  fixtures  with  a  7  sets 
to  2  sets  victory  over  St.  George's,  a  6  sets  to  3  sets  victory  over  Shawnigan, 
and  a  win  in  a  twice  rain-spoiled  match  against  Brentwood. 

Vince  MacDonald  defeated  Dave  Murrell  to  win  the  school  singles  cup.  They 
and  Jamie  Wood,  Gordon  Blackey,  John  Zanic,  David  Maxwell  and  Frank  Mosti 
were  the  school  team. 

Peter  Gallagher 

BADMINTON 

All  but  one  of  last  year's  team  returned  and  as  expected  we  enjoyed  a  very 
successful  season.  In  the  High  School  league  we  were  once  again  combined 

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with  Norfolk  House  School  and  won  all  of  our  matches  except  the  crucial  ones 
against  Mt.  Douglas.  This  resulted  in  the  team  being  runners  up  in  both  the  city 
and  the  Vancouver  Island  Championship. 

It  was  in  the  Independent  Schools  Championship  that  our  best  victory  was 
achieved.  Here  we  won  the  tournament  by  the  score  of  9  sets  to  St.  George's  7 
sets,  Shawnigan  6  sets,  and  Brentwood  2  sets. 

David  Murrell  was  the  tournament  singles  champion.  He  also  won  the  school 
singles  cup  and  partnered  Martin  Houghton  to  win  the  doubles  trophy. 

Our  junior  team  of  David  Maxwell,  Justin  Stephenson,  Laughlin  Murray  and 
John  Hudson  won  the  Junior  Independent  Schools  Tournament  without 
dropping  a  set. 

Peter  Gallagher 


Senior  Tennis    Standing  F  Mosti.D  Maxwell,  V  MacDonalcl,.Seafec'  G.BIackey,D. 
Murrell,  J.Wood. 


Senior  Badminton 

M.Houghton 


^ylaxwell,  V.  MacDonald,  J.  Wood: Seated:  D.  Murrell, 


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Junior  Tennis    Standing:  J.  Hudson,  S. 
Lindsay:  Sea?ec/;  H.  Henry,  J.  Stephenson. 


Junior  Badminton  Standing:  J.  Hudson, 
L.Murray; Seated;  J. Stephenson, D.Maxwell 


Junior  Hockey    Back:  D.  Davis,  D.  Lee,  R.  Schafer,  D.  Cooper,  W.  Vanderspeck,  Mr.  D 
Peach;  Middle:  J.  Boissier,  D.  Goodwin,  D.  Achtem,  S.  Lindsay,  M.  Pho;  Front:  D, 
Wohlgeschaften,  P.  Johnston,  V.  Kovach,  D.  Bertram,  D.  Backhaus,  C.  Milne.  N.  Askew. 

ICE  HOCKEY 

This  year  represented  a  step  forward  for  the  Hockey  Team.  The  season  got  off 
as  planned  and  we  even  managed  to  get  reasonable  ice  hours  (previous  year  - 


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practices  were  held  at  4:30  in  the  morning)  for  team  practices  which  were  held  at 
the  new  Oak  Bay  Recreation  Center. 

New  hockey  jerseys  were  purchased  and,  thanks  to  long  hours  of  work  by 
Mrs.  Creek.  S.M.U.  letters  were  put  on  the  front  of  them.  Although  we  lost  the  ice 
time  for  the  Senior  Team,  we  did  manage  to  have  a  few  practices.  The  one  game 
which  we  did  play  was  lost  to  Brentwood  6-4.  This  was,  without  any  doubt, 
because  of  the  lack  of  team  practices.  Next  year  should  show  more  promise  for 
the  Senior  Team. 

Since  the  Junior  Team  had  regular  practices  every  Friday,  they  played  more 
games  and  managed  to  dominate  the  opposition.  There  was  an  excellent  "esprit 
du  corps"  on  the  team  and  this  gave  them  the  required  confidence  to  make  a 
winning  group  and  their  4-0-1  record  proved  it. 

JUNIOR  GAMES  -  4  WINS  -  1  TIE 


S.M.U.       4-2 

Sh, 

awnigan 

S.MU,       7-4 

Glenlyon 

S.M.U.      12-2 

Glenlyon 

S.M.U.       4-4 

Brentwood 

S.M.U.       5-2 

Sh, 

awnigan 

JUNIOR  TEAM 

Bertram,  D. 

Johnston.  P. 

Goodwin,  B. 

Frame.  R. 

Lindsay,  S. 

Lee,  D. 

Askew,  N. 

Cooper,  D. 

Schafer,  R, 

Davis,  D. 

Kovach,  V. 

Achtem,  D. 

Colwell,  S. 

Vanderspek.  W. 

Milne,  C. 

Backhaus.  B. 

Boissier,  J. 

Wohlgeschaffen,  D. 

Pho,  M. 

SENIOR  TEAM 

Adams,  B.;  Hallatt, 

M.:  McDonald,  V.:  Murrell,  D.;  Jones.  S. 

:  Tomsett,  K.:  Jawl, 

M.:  Balderson, 

D. 

D.S.P 

FIRST  CRICKET 

It  was  a  very  disappointing  season  where  little  went  right.  The  prolonged 
Rugby  season,  inadequate  practice  time  and  too  few  fixtures  mainly  contributed 
to  this  situation.  Cricket  is  a  game  which  requires  constant  practice  and  few 
players  can  become  proficient  without  such  exposure.  From  an  overall  point  of 
view  it  was  encouraging  to  see  players  from  Grades  8  and  9  getting  something 
more  like  the  activity  needed  to  develop  good  cricketers:  so  here  at  least  is  a  ray 
of  hope  for  the  future. 

The  two  fixtures  were  both  against  St.  Georges.  The  first  game  in  Vancouver 
resulted  in  a  heavy  loss,  St.  Georges  scoring  176  for  3  and  our  reply  was  a 
meagre  24.  In  the  return  fixture  we  augmented  our  team  with  5  members  of  the 
Incogs  Cricket  Club  but  their  presence  failed  to  give  us  any  relief  and  we  lost  by 
nine  wickets:  42  to  43  for  1.  The  only  performances  worthy  of  mention  are 
Marcus  Endean's  1 5  runs  in  Vancouver  and  Tom  Hosies  innings  of  1 7  runs  in  the 
return  match. 

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Several  players  were  able  to  play  for  the  Incogs  in  Victoria  and  District  senior 
league  play.  Their  presence  was  welcomed  and  they  all  seemed  to  enjoy  the 
experience. 

The  team  consisted  of  Tom  Hosie  (captain),  Mike  Cottrell,  Keith  Battersby,  Jay 
Kayll,  Ramin  Lohrasb,  Hansi  Cunningham,  Juppi  Cunningham,  Harry  Cubbage, 
Mike  Jawl,  Marcus  Endean,  and  Geoff  Reader.  R  W  W 


1st  Cricket    Standing:  G.  Reader,  M.  Endean,  K.  Battersby,  R.  Lohrasb,  H.  Cubbage; 
Seated:  H.  Cunningham,  M.  Jawl,  T.  Hosie,  M.  Cottrell,  J.  Cunningham; 


UNDER  15  CRICKET 


To  build  a  successful  team  takes  much  time  and  much  practice.  This  year 
we  have  concentrated  on  teaching  the  basic  skills  to  a  group  of  enthusiastic 
grade  eights  and  nines.  Progress  has  been  encouraging  and  several  batsmen 
have  done  well.  Using  the  nets  at  the  lunch  hour  has  been  largely  responsible, 
and  those  boys  keen  enough  to  attend  have  reaped  their  rewards. 

Although  the  bowling  was,  in  the  main,  too  short,  we  did  dispatch  our 
opposition  in  nearly  every  game.  The  fielding  was  more  than  adequate  and 
many  good  catches  were  taken.  In  our  last  encounter  with  Mt.  Newton,  however, 
we  saw  that  inaccurate  bowling  and  poor  catching  can  easily  mean  the 
difference  between  winning  and  losing. 

RESULTS; 

vs.  St.  George's  (Lost)  St.  George's  92  SMU  42 

vs.  Mt.  Newton  (Won)  Mt.  Newton  57  SMU  68  for  5 

vs.  Glenlyon  1st  XI  (Draw)  Glenylon  90  SMU  26  for  5 

vs.  Mt.  Newton  (Tied)  Mt.  Newton  81  SMU  81 

vs.  Glenlyon  Under  15  (Lost)  Glenlyon  103  for  7  SMU  67  for  7 

vs.  St.  George's  (Abandoned)  Ram 


COMMENDED  FOR  GOOD  EFFORTS; 

J.  Gough  (Captain),  S.  Phillips,  J.  Spencer,  G. 


Strickland,  L.  Joslin,  C.  Travis. 


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ALSO  PLAYED; 

L.  Murray,  M.  Barber,  G.  Wohlgeschaffen,  R.  Kendnck,  M.  Page,  V.  Kovach,  S. 

Aquart.  D.  Budysnki,  T.  Todesco. 

UNDER  15  VICTORIA  SELECTS 

J.  Gough,  L.  Joslin,  8.  Phillips,  G.  Strickland. 

J.J.  Goodwin 


Junior  Cricket     oidnuing  \V\  Page,  C  Travis,  v.  Kovacii,  J  Speficer.G 

Wohlgeschaften,  R.  Kendnck,  D.  Budysnki:  Seated:  L  Murray,  S.  Phillips.  J.  Gough,  L. 
Joslin,  M.  Barber,  G.  Strickland. 


CLAYTON  CUP  1976 

Departing  fronn  the  pattern  set  in  recent  years.  Clayton  Cup  this  season 
provided  a  series  of  evenly  contested  matches.  The  dearth  of  experienced 
cricketers  at  the  senior  level  meant  that  none  of  the  four  sides  possessed  a 
player  with  the  individual  talents  to  dominate  the  competition.  Hosie  and,  to  a 
lesser  extent,  Todesco  were  the  only  batsmen  consistent  enough  to  produce 
match  winning  innings  for  their  respective  teams. 

In  the  preliminary  rounds,  Hosie's  XI,  led  by  two  productive  innings  from  its 
captain,  scored  too  many  runs  for  the  opposition.  Cottrells  XI,  in  a  more 
precarious  passage  to  the  final,  owed  much  to  Todesco  for  its  survival  in  a  first 
round  'cliff-hanger,'  and  to  Hope  for  producing  runs  in  the  second  round  when 
the  innings  seemed  on  the  verge  of  collapse. 

The  capricious  nature  of  the  game,  however,  was  exemplified  by  an  incident 
in  the  opening  over  of  the  final  from  which  the  batting  side  never  fully 
recovered.  Hosie,  hitherto  the  mainstay  of  his  team's  batting,  drove  the  ball  into 
the  covers  and  set  off  for  a  comfortable  single.  Meanwhile,  Kendnck,  at  the  other 
end,  dithered  fatally  before  refusing  to  run,  leaving  his  unfortunate  captain 
helplessly  stranded  yards  away  from  his  crease.  Heartened  by  this  unexpected 
stroke  of  good  fortune,  Cottrell  proceeded  to  destroy  the  opposition  middle 
order  by  capturing  the  next  three  wickets  in  his  second  over.  Only  an 
enterprising  stand  between  Juppi  Cunningham  and  Strickland  prevented  a  rout, 


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while  a  few  hefty  blows  from  Wilkinson  in  the  closing  overs  brought  some 
respectability  to  the  final  total. 

Cottrell's  XI  were  given  a  flying  start  by  Todesco,  who  appeared  capable  of 
scoring  the  required  runs  single-handed,  until  he  was  out  to  a  magnificent 
one-handed  catch  by  Kendrick.  At  this  point,  play  became  becalmed  for  several 
overs  before  Hosie's  dismissal  of  Cottrell  and  Hope  was  immediately  followed 
by  Joslin  running  himself  out  attempting  a  suicidal  third  run.  For  the  first  time  in 
the  game,  Hosie's  XI  appeared  to  have  an  outside  chance  of  victory,  but  these 
slender  hopes  rapidly  vanished  as  Oswald  and  Cubbage  produced  a  number  of 
vintage  agricultural  strokes  to  mow  their  way  to  a  well  earned  victory. 

M.A.W. 


Junior  Cross  Country    Standing:  D.  Colwell,  N.  Paterson,  J.  Ellis,  R.  Stuart,  J. 
Marsden,  W.  Vanderspek,  R,  Higgin,  C.  Travis,  R.  Maclean;  Seated:  D.  Bertram,  C. 
Turner,  T.  Matheson,  R.  Croll,  R.  McGovern,  M.  Barker,  B.  Smith. 


CROSS  COUNTRY 

Generally,  this  season  was  a  successful  one  for  the  School.  In  the  Over 
Sixteen  age  group,  it  continued  to  be  very  difficult  to  find  runners  both  willing 
and  able. 

Under  Sixteen  and  Under  Fourteen  age  group  teams  were  entered  in  the 
Greater  Victoria  Inter-High  Cross-Country  League  during  the  winter  term.  Many 
of  these  races  were  'rained  off,'  a  most  unusual  event  in  serious  cross-country. 
The  Under  Fourteen  team  finished  5th  out  of  9  over  all  and  the  Under  Sixteen 
team,  4th  out  of  11  overall. 

In  the  Independent  Schools'  Championships  held  at  Brentwood  this  year,  the 
senior  team  achieved  4th  position  out  of  4.  The  Under  Sixteen  team  and  Under 
Fourteen  teams  both  achieved  3rd  out  of  5  and  6  respectively. 

At  the  Ninth  Annual  Basil  Parker  Run,  our  Under  Fourteen  "A"  team  was 
beaten  to  the  trophy  by  a  mere  two  points  by  Richmond  Juniors  of  Vancouver. 
Our  team  drew  assistance  from  the  Prep  School  in  the  form  of  Neil  Antolin  who 
placed  9th. 

Among  those  to  be  found  regularly  braving  the  weather  for  the  School  were 
Ellis  (Jamie),  Marsden,  Matheson,  Patterson  (Neil  -  1st  at  Brentwood  and  2nd  in 
Basil  Parker),  Smith  (Barry),  Stuart  (Ron),  and  Vanderspek.  During  the  season, 


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these  were  supported  by  Barber,  Colwell  (Steven),  Giles,  Higgin,  Irving  (Chris), 
Lindsay,  McAlpine,  McGovern,  McLean,  Morrow,  Flint,  Travis  (Chns),  and 
Veerkamp.  On  occasion,  Abnoux,  Battersby,  Beck,  Bertram,  Blackstock, 
Cooper,  Croll  (Robbie),  Cottrell,  Kendrick  (Bob),  Logan,  Moore,  and  Nutt  were 
seen  to  run. 

B.K.  Davis 


Senior  Track  Team    Standing:  R.  Martinez,  R.  Pettapiece;  Seated:  W.  Chan,  M. 
Whitley,  D.  Kirk,  D.  Cousin,  A.  Ma. 


TRACK  AND  FIELD 

The  1 976  Track  and  Field  season  was  not  as  successful  as  the  previous  year. 
Our  junior  athletes  broke  seven  school  records.  Five  records  were  broken  in  the 
Under  16  and  two  records  in  the  Under  14  division. 

The  late  date  of  the  city  rugby  finals  as  well  as  lack  of  preparation  time 
lessened  the  zest  for  competition  of  many  of  the  senior  athletes. 

At  the  Independent  Schools'  Meet  the  senior  team  placed  third.  Our  athletes 
captured  three  titfes  -  R.  Ellington  in  the  discus  throw  and  the  shot  put  and  W. 
Hope  in  the  1 500  m.  Individually.  R.  Ellington  was  Island  champion  in  the  discus 
throw. 

The  situation  was  better  with  junior  athletes.  All  of  the  athletes  started  practice 
at  the  beginning  of  the  spring  term. 

At  the  Independent  Schools'  Meet  the  Under  16  and  Under  14  teams 
finished  second.  In  the  Victoria  Junior  Secondary  Schools,  we  combined  with 
Norfolk  House  and  finished  a  very  praiseworthy  fifth  overall.  The  athletes 
captured  2  titles  -  P.  Veerkamp  in  the  200  and  T.  Blades  in  the  triple  jump  with  a 
new  school  record,  39'  6y2".  T.  Blades  set  a  new  record  in  the  100  m.  hurdles 
with  a  time  of  15.1  N.  Paterson  also  brokethe  school  record  inthe  1500m., with 
a  time  of  4:42:3  minutes,  placing  third. 

At  the  Island  Junior  Secondary  Schools'  Meet  P.  Veerkamp  won  the  200  m. 
placing  second  in  the  1 00  m.  P.  Skillings  set  a  new  school  record  for  Under  1 4  in 


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the  80  m.  hurdles  with  a  time  of  12,7,  placing  second.  T.  Blades  placed  third  in 
the  triple  jump. 

I  would  like  to  take  this  opportunity  to  thank  Mr.  Harlow  and  Mr.  Wenman  for 
their  coaching  and  assistance. 


NEW  RECORDS  IN  1976 
UNDER  16  DIVISION 

100  m. 

200  m. 

400  m, 

100  m.  hurdles 

Triple  Jump 

UNDER  14  DIVISION 

80  m.  hurdles 
1500  m. 


11.3  P.  Veerkamp 

23.4  P.  Veerkamp 
53.2  P.  Veerkamp 
15.1  T.  Blades 

39'6V2"  T.  Blades 


12.7     P.  Skillings 
4;42.3     N.  Paterson 


S.  Hurton 


SCHOOL  RECORDS 

OPEN 


100  m. 

11.C 

Eraser,  1964,  196 

200  m.  (one  curve) 

22.6 

Getz,  1957 

400  m. 

51.2 

Howard,  1973 

800  m. 

2:01.2 

Allen,  1964 

1500  m.  * 

4:23.6 

Heagle.  1975 

3000  m.  * 

9:47.2 

Heagle,  1975 

4  X  100  m.  relay 

43.9 

School,  1970 

4  X  400  m.  relay 

3:39.8 

School,  1973 

110  m.  hurdles 

14. e 

Getz.  1958 

High  Jump 

6'r 

Campbell,  1973 

Broad  Jump 

2r6' 

Bapty,  1966 

Triple  Jump 

4rir 

Wright,  1973 

Pole  Valut 

11 '3' 

Condon,  1963 

Shot  Put 

4923/4' 

Zedick,  1965 

Discus  (1.6  kg) 

153'3V2- 

Yaryan.  1963 

Discus  (2  kg) 

106'5' 

Barker,  1963 

Javelin 

189' 23/4' 

Goward,  1963 

Hammer  * 

165'4' 

Sutherland,  1975 

INTERMEDIATE  (UNDER 

16) 

100  m.  * 

11.3 

Veerkamp,  1976 

200  m.  (one  curve) 

23.4 

Veerkamp,  1976 

400  m. 

53.2 

Veerkamp,  1976 

800  m. 

2:09.2 

Hope,  1974 

1500  m.  * 

4:24.8 

Hope,  1975 

4  X  100  m.  relay 

46.1 

School,  1973 

4  X  400  m.  relay 

3:43.0 

School.  1971 

100  m.  hurdles 

15.1 

T.  Blades,  1976 

High  Jump 

57' 

T.  Blades,  1975 

Broad  Jump 

i9r 

Shaw,  1947 

Triple  Jump 

39'6V2' 

T.  Blades,  1976 

Pole  Vault 

9'2' 

Brunwell,  1967 

Shot  Put 

52' r 

Ellington,  1975 

Discus  (1.5  kg) 

1237' 

'  Ellington,  1975 

Javelin 

146'1' 

Barker,  1963 

3000  m.  ' 

9:54. S 

Hope,  1975 

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JUNIOR  (UNDER  14) 


100  m. 

11.9 

Veerkamp,  1974 

200  m. 

25.0 

Veerkamp,  1974 

400  m. 

56.2 

Cordner,  1974 

800  m. 

2;17.6 

Howard,  1975 

1500  m.  * 

4:42.4 

N.  Paterson.  1976 

4  X  100  m.  relay 

49.0 

School,  1974 

80  m.  hurdles 

12.7 

Skillings,  1976 

High  Jump  * 

5'5" 

Armstrong,  1975 

Broad  Jump 

1 7' 13/4- 

Aivazoff,  1919 

Triple  Jump 

3771/2- 

Cousins,  1973 

Shot  Put 

42-10- 

Ellington,  1973 

Discus 

1237- 

Shipley,  1972 

Javelin  * 

1192' 

Kntz,  1975 

Pole  Vault 

8'3- 

Acton,  1974 

SPORTS  DAY  RESULTS  1976 

Wenman  House 

184 

Bolton  House 

186 

Winslow  House 

245 

Barnacle  House 

173 

OPEN  DIVISION 

100  m. 

1.  Smith  (Wi):  2.  Cousins  (Wi):  3.  A.  Ma  (Bo). 
200  m. 

1.  Moore  (Wi);  2.  Smith  (Wi);  3.  Delgado  (Ba). 
400  m. 

1.  Moore  (Wi):  2.  Hope  (We):  3.  Blackstock  (Ba). 
800  m. 

1.  Hope  (We):  2.  Kirk  (We);  3.  Adams  (Ba). 
1,500  m. 

1.  Hope  (We):  2.  McAlpine  (Ba):  3.  Beck  (Bo). 
High  Jump 

1.  Beck  (Bo):  2.  Hope  (We):  3.  Delgado  (Ba). 
Long  Jump 

1.  Hope  (We):  2.  W.  Chan  (Ba):  3.  Kirk  (We). 
Triple  Jump 

1.  W.  Chan  (Ba):  2.  Cousins  (Wi):  3.  Hope  (We). 
Shot  Put 

1.  Ellington  (We):  2.  Tan  (Bo):  3.  McRae 
Discus 

1.  Ellington  (We):  2.  Hope  (We):  3.  Delgado  (Ba). 
Javelin 

1.  Delgado  (Ba):  2.  Hope  (We):  3.  McRae  (Bo). 
4  X  100 

1.  Winslow:  2.  Wenman:  3.  Barnacle. 


UNDER  16  DIVISION 

100  m. 

1.  Veerkamp  (Wi):  2.  M.  Owen  (Wi):  3.  McPhie  (We) 
200  m. 

1.  Owen  (Wi):  2.  McPhie  (We):  3.  Blades  (Bo). 
400  m. 

1.  Veerkamp  (Wi):  2.  Marsden  (We):  3.  Cheng  (Ba). 

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800  m. 

1.  Marsden  (We);  2.  Ellis  (Bo);  3.  Nutt  (Bo). 
1,500  m. 

1.  Ellis  (Bo);  2.  Nutt  (Bo);  3  Plint  (We). 
High  Jump 

1.  Martinez  (Ba);  2.  Marsden  (We);  3.  Armstrong  (We). 
Long  Jump 

1.  Briggs  (Ba);  2.  Owen,  G.  (Wi);  3.  Vanderspek  (Ba). 
Triple  Jump 

1.  Marsden  (We);  2.  Vanderspek  (Ba);  3.  M.  Owen  (Wi). 
Shot  Put 

1.  McPhie  (We);  2.  Bronson  (Ba);  3.  Cuckovich  (We). 
Discus 

1.  Todisco  (Ba);  2.  Vanderspek  (Ba);  3.  Owen,  M.  (Wi). 
Javelin 

1.  Phleger  (Wi);  2.  Watson  (We).  3,  Todesco  (Ba). 
4  X  100 

1.  Barnacle;  2.  Bolton;  3.  Winslow. 

UNDER  14  DIVISION 

100  m. 

1.  Young  (Wi);  2.  N.  Paterson  (Wi);  3.  Owen,  G.  (Bo). 
200  m. 

1.  Owen  (Bo);  2.  N.  Paterson  (Wi);  3,  Skillings  (Wi). 
400  m. 

1.  Owen  (Bo);  2.  N.  Paterson  (Wi);  3,  Barber  (Bo). 
800  m. 

1.  Bell  (Wi);  2.  N.  Paterson  (Wi);  3.  Herman  (Wi). 
1,500  m. 

1.  N,  Paterson  (Wi);  2.  Wohlgeschaften  (Ba);  3.  Stuart  (Bo). 
High  Jump 

1.  Owen  (Bo);  2.  Kendrick  (We);  3.  Bertram  (Ba). 


Under  16 Track  &  Field    Standing:  R.  Higgin,  J.  Marsden,  T.  Todesco,  T.  Blades,  P. 
Briggs,  D.  Achtem,  G.  Cuckovitch;  Seated:  J.  Ellis,  T.  Watson,  W.  Vanderspek,  R.  McPhie, 
M.  Owen. 


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Long  Jump 

1.  Barber  (Bo);  2.  McLean  (We):  3.  Neely  (Bo). 
Triple  Jump 

1.  Skillings  (Wi);  2.  Owen  (Bo):  Frame  (Ba). 
Shot  Put 

1.  Goodwin  (Wi):  2.  Young  (Wi);  3.  Owen  (Bo). 
Discus 

1.  Bell  (Wi):  2.  Owen  (Bo):  3.  Barber  (Bo). 
Javelin 

1.  N.  Paterson  (Wi):  2.  Young  (Wi):  3.  Wagnell  (We). 
4  X  100 

1.  Winslow:  2.  Bolton:  3.  Barnacle. 

ANNUAL  INDEPENDENT  SCHOOLS' 
TRACK  &  FIELD  MEET 

UNDER  14  DIVISION 

1st  place 

G.  Owen  in  400  m.;  Goodwin  in  200  m.:  L.  Herman  in  discus. 
2nd  place 

4  X  100  relay. 
3rd  place 

P.  Skillings  in  100  m.  hurdles,  long  jump:  B.  Goodwin  in  100  m.;  N.  Paterson  in 
800  m,;  C.  Bell  in  discus. 

UNDER  16  DIVISION 

1st  place 

P.  Veerkamp  in  100  m..  200  m.,  400  m.:  D.  Pflager  in  discus:  4  x  100  m.  relay. 
2nd  place 

D.  Pflager  in  shot  put:  R.  McPhie  in  long  jump:  4  x  100  m.  relay. 
3rd  place 

R.  Armstrong  in  high  jump;  W.  Vanderspek  in  pole  vault;  J.  Marsden  in  800  m. 


Under  14  Track  &  Field  ^:^;.^.:.^.  ^  :  i^::;.^:..  b.  ^.i.Joa, ,  C   ti^...z   '.■,',_',. e',  ;_j.  Uwen, 
G  Wohlgeschaffen;  Seated:  M.  Young,  D.  Bertram,  P.  Skillings.  N  Paterson.  C  de  Pape 


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SENIOR  DIVISION 

1st  place 

R.  Ellington  in  shot  put,  discus;  W.  Hope  in  1,500  m. 
2nd  place 

G.  Smith  in  200  m.;  B,  Moore  in  400  m. 
3rd  place 

R.  Ellington  in  hammer;  G.  Smith  in  100  m.;  B.  Moore  in  200  m.;  B.  Hope  in  800 
m.;  4  X  400  m.  relay. 

VICTORIA  JUNIOR  SECONDARY  SCHOOLS' 
TRACK  &  FIELD  MEET 

MIDGET  BOYS 

2nd  place 

L.  Herman  in  Discus. 
3rd  place 

P.  SkillingsinSOm.  hurdles  and  triple  jump;  B.  Goodwin  in  200  m.;  N,  Paterson 
in  1,500  m. 

JUNIOR  BOYS 

1st  place 

P.  Veerkamp  in  200  m.;  T.  Blades  in  triple  jump. 
2nd  place 

P.  Veerkamp  in  100  m. 
3rd  place 

T.  Blades  in  100  m.  hurdles;  4  x  100  m.  and  4  x  400  m.  relay. 

VICTORIA  HIGH  SCHOOL 
TRACK  &  FIELD  MEET 

2nd  place 

R.  Ellington  in  discus. 

ISLAND  JUNIOR  SECONDARY  SCHOOLS' 
TRACK  &  FIELD  MEET 

1st  place 

P.  Veerkamp  in  200  m. 
2nd  place 

P.  Veerkamp  in  100  m.;  P.  Skillings  in  80  m.  hurdles. 
3rd  place 

T.  Blades  in  triple  jump. 

ISLAND  HIGH  SCHOOLS' 
TRACK  &  FIELD  MEET 

1st  place 
R.  Ellington  in  discus. 


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JUNIOR 
SCHOOL 


RUGBY 

Rugby  was  played  in  the  second  term  and  we  played  mini-rugby 
(9-a-side)  matches  against  Glenlyon  and  Gordon  Head  Elementary,  being 
successful  on  both  occasions. 

In  the  Glenlyon  7-a-side  Tournament  we  were  very  lucky  indeed  to  just  nip 
Cliffside  in  our  first  match  and  we  managed  a  bye  in  the  final  against  Drinkwater 
School.  This  was  indeed  a  very  exciting  final  and  although  we  were  up  against  a 
far  larger  team,  the  determination  of  our  boys  gave  us  a  win  and  the  trophy  for 
the  fourth  year  in  a  row. 

Our  B  Team  lost  its  first  match  and  this  put  us  into  the  consolation  round.  We 
won  our  remaining  two  matches  and  were  the  winner  of  this. 

Our  Grade  6  team  played  against  Glenlyon  and  won  a  close  contest  there  and 
then  played  against  Willows  School  and  won  decisively. 

The  overall  season  was  most  successful  with  2  losses  (one  of  which  was 
against  the  Grade  8  team  from  the  Senior  School)  and  7  wins.  Many  thanks  to  Mr. 
Harris  and  Mr.  Lankester  for  their  help. 


Grade  7  -  7-A-Side  Rugby    2nd  Row:  Mr.  Harris.  G.  Idle.  J.  Turner.  M  Travis.  Mr. 
McAlpine.  Front:  D.  Hasle,  C.  Painter,  N.  Antolin,  J.  Ellis,  S.  Stagliano. 


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TRACK  AND  FIELD 

Our  first  meet  was  the  All  Schools'  Relays  and  we  entered  four  8  x  50  relay 
teams  with  two  4  x  100  teams.  Our  A  team  in  the  4  x  100  reached  the  final  and 
placed  6th  after  a  most  unfortunate  baton  change.  Our  1 1  and  Under  8  x  50  A 
team  placed  1st  while  our  B  team  placed  4th.  Our  Junior  Open  A  team  placed 
1st, 

Doug  Waldie  had  a  very  fine  meet  and  placed  4th  in  the  final  of  the  1 00  metres 
and  4th  in  the  Cross  Country  final.  He  also  anchored  the  8  x  50  A  team  (1 1  and 
Under)  to  a  1st  place  finish. 

As  an  elementary  team  we  scored  42  points  and  placed  5th  out  of  25  schools. 

In  the  Junior  I.S.A.  Meet  in  Vancouver  we  were  most  successful  in  both  the 
Under  11  and  Under  13  age  classes.  The  combined  scores  were: 

1.  S.M.U.S.  172  points 

2.  St.  George's  139  points 

3.  Cliffside  104  points 

4.  Glenlyon  74  points 

We  have  a  very  well  balanced  team  and  it  is  difficult  to  pick  out  any  one 
individual,  as  several  records  were  broken  by  a  number  of  boys.  Every  boy  gave 
his  maximum  effort  and  the  team  is  to  be  congratulated  on  a  very  fine  meet. 

f\/lurray  McAlpine 


Under  13  -  Track  &  Field    Standing,  3rd  Row:  M.Travis,  K.  Blaauw,  Mr.  McAlpine,  M. 
Barber,  P.  Russell,  A.  Graeme;  2nd  Row.-  M.  Smith,  A.  Haddad,  N.  Antolin,  J.  Ellis,  S. 
Stagliano;  Front:  P.  Modos,  H.  Creek. 


UNDER  11  SOCCER 

In  the  Independent  School's  tournament  we  tied  this  year  with  Glenlyon  and 
Cliffside,  the  three  schools  having  a  2  -  2  record. 

Generally,  we  outplayed  our  opponents  territorially  but  had  trouble  through 
the  posts.  However,  with  five  of  the  players  returning  at  this  age  level  next  year,  I 
was  well  pleased  with  the  performance  of  the  team. 


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Members  of  the  team  were  Gough,  Pollard,  Moore,  Penn,  Dornan,  Hallatt, 
Knowles,  Barrett,  Creek,  Blair,  Russell. 


Peter  K.  Bousfield 


UNDER  13  SOCCER 


The  Under  13  Soccer  team  had  a  successful  season  in  the  Independent 
School  League  going  without  a  defeat.  They  beat  Cliffside  3-1  and  3-0  and 
Glenlyon  4-3  and  2-0.  This  year  the  team  was  more  cohesive  as  a  group,  with 
less  individualistic  play.  However  outstanding  performances  were  turned  in  by 
Neil  Antolin,  as  a  forward,  and  Doug  Hasle  and  Mike  Barber  in  defence. 

John  Harris 


Under  13  -  Soccer    Standing:  Mr.  Harris,  M.  Barber,  S.  McLean,  A.  Graeme,  P.  Russell, 
M  Travis,  R.  Croll;  Seated:  H.  Creek,  J.  Ellis,  N.  Antolin,  D.  Hasle,  C.  Moulden;  Front:  P. 
Modos,  M.  Lamb. 


CROSS  COUNTRY 

Once  again  a  very  busy  schedule  in  which  no  fewer  than  55  boys  took  part 
overall. 

We  were  involved  in  seven  meets  and  the  boys  certainly  gave  a  fine 
performance  in  all  of  the  meets. 

Some  of  the  Highlights: 

THETIS  LAKE 

3rd  Tykes  'A'  -  G.  Roberts,  B.  Creek,  D.  Waldie,  D.  Blair;  2nd  Pee  Wee  'A'  -  H. 

Creek,  J.  Watchie,  J.  Ellis,  N.  Antolin. 

CANADIAN  LEGION  -  BEACON  HILL 

3rd  Tykes  'A'  -  K.  Roberts,  S.  Hurton.  R.  Lankester,  G.  Vaux;  3rd  Pee  Wee  'A'  — ; 

2nd  Bantams  -  J.  Ellis,  N.  Antolin,  D.  Waldie,  C.  Moulden. 


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ROYAL  ROADS 

3rd  Tykes  'A'  — ;  1st  Pee  Wee  'A'  — . 

I.S.A.  MEET 

1st  Under  13  Team  tied  with  St.  George's  tor  1st;  3rd  Under  1 1  — . 

Inter-House  Results 

Under  9  Individual  Winners  -  K.  Roberts  (P);  Under  1 1  -  D.  Waldie  (S);  Junior  Open 

N.  Antolin  (P). 

Overall  House  Results 

1.  Ouainton;  2.  Parkyn;  3.  Symons;  4.  Tolson. 

Murray  McAlpine 


Under  13  -  Cross  Country    Standing:  Mr.  McAlpine.  M.  Travis.  H.  Creek,  R.  Clarke.  M. 
Barber,  Seated:  J.  Ellis,  N.  Antolin,  M.  Sm\lh.  Missing  from  Photo:  S.  Lindsay. 


SWIMMING 

Thie  Inter-House  Swim  Meet  was  held  at  the  Under  1 1  and  Junior  Open  age 
levels  during  the  Christmas  Term.  The  overall  winner  was  Tolson,  followed  by 
Symons,  Ouainton  and  Parkyn. 

Our  Elementary  Swim  Team  combined  with  Norfolk  House  School  in  the  All 
Schools  Relays  and  made  a  creditable  showing.  We  placed  6th  and  scored  our 
highest  number  of  points  ever  in  this  meet. 

In  the  Elementary  Schools  Swim  Meet  we  did  very  well,  placing  7th  out  of  the 
19  schools  entered. 

In  the  I.S.A.  Swim  Meet  we  placed  a  comfortable  second,  however,  St. 
George's  proved  to  be  far  too  strong  and  completely  dominated  the  Meet. 

This  year  has  been  probably  our  best  overall  and  congratulations  are  most 
certainly  due  to  all  boys  who  took  part  in  this  programme. 


McAlpine 


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Under  13  •  Swimming    Standing:  R.  Clarke,  C.  Harris,  C.  McCaw,  P,  Webster;  Seated: 
N.  Antolin,  H.  Creek,  J.  Ellis;  Missing  fronn Photo:  S.  Lindsay. 


Under  13  -  Basitetball    Standing,  2nd  Row:  T.  Cunliffe,  P,  Szarka,  Mr.  McAlpine,  M. 
Travis,  M,  Barber;  Seated.  B.  Sauerwein,  G.  Harris,  J.  E\\\s:  Missing  from  Photo:  S.  Lindsay. 


BASKETBALL 

Although  this  is  not  classed  as  a  major  sport  at  the  Elementary  level,  our 
boys  had  a  very  fine  season  indeed.  We  entered  the  Junior  I.S.A.  Tournament 
at  Cliffside  at  both  the  Under  1 1  and  Under  13  age  groups  and  managed  to 
win  all  4  games  played.  The  Under  13  team  proved  to  be  far  superior  to 
Cliffside  and  Glenlyon  beating  them  32-12  and  52-2  respectively. 

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The  Under  1 1  team  won  their  matches  quite  easily  and  we  managed  to  win  the 
trophy  back  which  we  lost  last  year. 

Murray  McAlpine 

CHESS 

Once  again  we  entered  the  C-FAX  tournament.  We  were  represented  by 
Grade  3  -  Haddad;  Grade  4  -  Roberts;  Grade  5  -  Knowles;  Grade  6  -  Henry,  and 
Grade  7  -  Ellis. 

Particular  congratulations  are  in  order  for  Haddad,  who  reached  the  last  eight 
players  in  Victoria  for  Grade  3.  Also  for  Ellis  who  gained  the  final  of  his  Grade  7 
division  from  a  starting  slate  of  64  players,  only  to  succumb  in  a  2V2  hour  final 
contest.  Ellis  is  to  be  highly  congratulated  for  his  consistent  performance  in  the 
last  4  years,  as  within  the  school  he  has  won  his  grade  competition  on  each 
occasion. 

Peter  K.  Bousfield 


Grade  Chess  Champions    Standing:  J. 
Knowles,  Grade  5,  D.  Henry,  Grade  6,  J.  Ellis, 
Grade  7;  Seated:  K.  Roberts,  Grade  4.  Mr. 
Bousfield,  M.  Haddad,  Grade  3. 


Under  13  -  Tennis  2nd  Row:  T.  Cunliffe, 
Mr,  Bousfield,  P.  Russell;  Front:  G.  Roberts, 
T.  Moat. 


SECOND  GARRY  OAK  CUB  PACK 

The  Second  Garry  Oak  Pack  started  the  year  with  twenty-two  boys  at  its  first 
organizational  meeting  on  October  1st.  1975.  By  investiture  time  thirty  boys 
were  enrolled  and  it  was  decided  that  the  Pack  was  full. 

Our  first  field  trip,  on  October  18th,  was  to  participate  in  the  20-mile  United 
Way  Walkathon.  The  Scouting  Association  is  an  agency  of  the  United  Way,  and 
our  participation  gives  us  an  opportunity  to  meet  and  share  an  activity  with  other 
Cub  Packs,  Beavers,  Scouts,  Venturers  and  Rovers.  Certainly  it  was  a  great  way 


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of  getting  to  know  each  other,  as  we  talked  and  sang  along  the  way.  I  am  proud 
of  our  cubs.  All  who  participated  connpleted  the  course.  Well  done  cubs! 

Another  highlight,  and  one  I  am  sure  we  shall  all  remember,  was  our  visit  to 
Rose  Manor  at  Christmas  time  to  entertain  approximately  120  senior  ladies. 
Their  enjoyment  in  listening  to  favourite  cub  songs,  joining  in  some  of  the  action 
songs,  and  sharing  in  the  carol  singing,  was  very  obvious.  As  more  than  one 
lady  said:  "Do  we  have  to  wait  until  next  Christmas  for  them  to  visit  us  again?" 

Also  remembered  with  pleasure  is  our  very  successful  winter  camp  at  Camp 
Barnard  in  Sooke,  during  the  Christmas  holidays.  We  are  indebted  to  the 
parents  who  helped  with  this  project,  and  especially  to  the  fathers,  who  set  up  a 
"mini-bush  survival"  course,  which  resulted  in  each  boy  earning  his  Woodsman 
Badge. 

We  must  be  prepared,  of  course,  to  face  some  misfortune  along  with  our 
successes,  and  in  February  the  flu  bug  took  its  toll.  Between  flu  and  the  spring 
break,  we  missed  about  eight  weeks  of  cubbing. 

In  spite  of  this  interruption,  we  finished  the  year  strongly.  In  May  we  visited 
Sealand,  and  on  June  9th  we  held  our  last  regular  meeting  of  the  year  at  Willows 
Beach  with  a  special  programme  of  games,  a  marshmallow  roast  and  a 
campfire  sing-song.  We  still  have  Summer  Camp  to  look  forward  to,  and  it  will  be 
our  final  event  until  next  September. 

Making  good  use  of  short  time,  between  them  the  boys  have  earned  95 
badges  and  stars.  Three  of  the  senior  cubs  having  completed  all  five  stars. 

This  year  marks  the  60th  year  of  cubbing  and  could  mark  the  reactivation,  in 
September,  of  the  School  scout  troop  after  a  lapse  of  eleven  years,  a  striking 
memorial  to  the  vision  of  Lord  Baden-Powell  and  to  the  success  of  "learning 
through  fun  " 

To  the  many  dedicated  parents  who  have  given  so  much  of  themselves  to 
make  it  all  possible  and  to  the  staff  of  the  Junior  School,  who  have  given  us 
willing  assistance,  go  my  most  sincere  thanks. 

"Akela" 
(Mrs.  E.A.  McGowan) 


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SPORTS  DAY  RESULTS  1976 


UNDER  9 

PLACE 

TIME 

HOUSE 

50  m. 

R.  Lankester 
K.  Roberts 
M.  Haddad 

1 
2 
3 

N.T.A. 

Symons 

Parkyn 

Tolson 

200  m. 

K.  Roberts 

N.  Scott-Moncrieft 

R.  Lankester 

1 
2 
3 

35.0 

Parkyn 

Quainton 

Symons 

400  m. 
K.  Roberts 
M.  Haddad 
R.  Lankester 

1 
2 
3 

1.23.2 

Parkyn 
Tolson 
Symons 

800  m. 

N.  Scott-Moncneff 

M.  Haddad 

1 
1 

N.T.A. 

Quainton 
Tolson 

R.  Lankester 

3 

Symons 

Shot 

W.  Lauder 
T.  Hartlen 
M.  Haddad 

1 
2 
3 

16' 111/2" 

Tolson 
Parkyn 
Tolson 

Relay 

Quainton 

Parkyn 

Symons 

Tolson 

1 
2 
3 

4 

2.36 

UNDER  9  TROPHY  WINNER 
K.  Roberts  -  Parkyn 


UNDER  II 

50  m. 
G.  Roberts 
D.  Waldie 
I.  Hallatt 

400  m. 
G.  Roberts 
D.  Waldie 
T.  Balderson 

200  m. 
G.  Roberts 
D.  Waldie 
T.  Balderson 

800  m. 
D.  Waldie 
B.  Creek 
G.  Roberts 

1500  m. 
D.  Waldie 


PLACE 

TIME 

HOUSE 

1 
2 
3 

7.8 

Parkyn 

Symons 

Symons 

1 
2 
3 

68.4 

Parkyn 

Symons 

Parkyn 

1 
2 
3 

30.5 

Parkyn 

Symons 

Parkyn 

1 
2 
3 

2,43.0 

Symons 

Quainton 

Parkyn 

5.30.1 


Symons 


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B.  Creek  2 

J.  Knowles  3 

Long  Jump 

G.  Roberts  1 

D.  Waldie  2 

I.  Hallatt  3 

Shot 

I.  Hallatt  1 

S.  Gough  2 

T.  Balderson  3 

Triple 

D.  Waldie  1 

G.  Roberts  2 

D.  Matthews  3 

Discus 

D.  Waldie  1 

G.  Roberts  2 

T.  Balderson  3 

Relay 

Symons  1 

Parkyn  2 

Quainton  3 

Tolson  4 

UNDER  11  TROPHY  WINNER 
Doug  Waldie  -  Symons 


4.01  m. 


22'  10' 


8.83  m. 


65'  100' 


Quainton 
Quainton 

Parkyn 

Symons 

Symons 

Symons 

Tolson 

Parkyn 

Symons 

Parkyn 

Parkyn 

Symons 

Parkyn 

Parkyn 


JUNIOR  OPEN 

PLACE 

TIME 

HOUSE 

50  m. 
H.  Creek 
K.  Blaauw 
R,  Ballantyne 

1 
2 
3 

7.3 

Quainton 

Parkyn 

Parkyn 

200  m. 
H.  Creek 
K.  Blaauw 
J.  Ellis 

1 
2 
3 

28.6 

Quainton 

Parkyn 

Quainton 

400  m. 
J.  Ellis 
N.  Antolin 
H.  Creek 

1 
2 
3 

66.8 

Quainton 

Parkyn 

Quainton 

800  m. 
N.  Antolin 
J.  Ellis 
H.  Creek 

1 
2 
3 

2.28.7 

Parkyn 

Quainton 

Quainton 

1500  m. 
N.  Antolin 
J.  Ellis 
H.  Creek 

1 
2 
3 

4.57.6 

Parkyn 

Quainton 

Quainton 

Relay  4  x  250  m. 

Parkyn 

Quainton 

1 
2 

1.57.0 

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Tolson 

S\ 

/mons 

Di 

sous 

C. 

Painter 

s. 

Stagliano 

H. 

Creek 

Shot 

C. 

Painter 

C. 

Moulden 

H. 

Creek   - 

Long  Jump 

K. 

Blaauw 

A. 

Haddad 

J. 

Ellis 

Tn 

pie 

H. 

Creek 

A. 

Haddad 

C. 

Moulden 

97'  3' 


8.56  m. 


4.28  m. 


9.37  m. 


Quainton 

Tolson 

Quainton 

Quainton 

Parkyn 

Quainton 

Parkyn 
Tolson 
Quainton 

Quainton 

Tolson 

Parkyn 


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